MAY 2

Gary and I stood before the altar at a small neighborhood Catholic church, St. Mark's in Venice, California; facing one another we held hands as bands of gold were blessed by the priest before we slipped them onto each others left ring finger. While doing so we vowed our love and fidelity to each other in good times and bad, rich or poor, health and sickness. The happiness I felt knew no bounds as Father Denis Garvey pronounced us husband and wife. Family and friends smiled; A tear of joy fell from my mother's eye. Gary kissed me and I knew my heart was forever his. Our wedding day, thirty years ago today - May 2, 1979.