Best Kept Secret

Vicki can't answer the phone call from Ted because he might hear the grandkids yelling in the background. Jennifer, Chelsea and Vicki have to finish their grocery shopping before Ted gets off work at 3 PM for fear of running into him accidentally at the store. Does the CIA worry about these things in their covert operations? Well the Bachos, Addlers. Schmeichels and Ted's great collection of friends from the Cleveland area worried about those things trying to keep his 40th birthday party a surprise. It appears we pulled it off. His surprise was genuine as we gathered at the picnic shelter in Twinsburg, Ohio. Here we consumed portions of an R2D2 cake and renewed friendships and memories of the past 40 years.

On August 13th, 1969, I left St. Vincent Hospital in Toledo. As I'm driving across the Cherry Street Bridge it suddenly hit me, I'M A FATHER. My very next thought was how this might turn out. Well 40 years later I can answer the question by simply saying: I'm very proud of him. The video below is 40 years of still photos. The music: "Taking the Day Off" from the John Hughes film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".