George and I are just back from a long road trip to Vermont and Pennsylvania. It’s been a while since we posted so we thought we would send a quick update. While we were traveling, the drama of Biden’s exit from the race was underway. We could not be happier with the results. Those who know us well probably remember that our second of 3 marriages was the great San Francisco Wed-In, in 2004, when then Mayor Gavin Newsom began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Even though the California Supreme Court ended up nullifying our marriage license that time, we remember the time fondly. It was one of the peak experiences of our lives.
We also remember Kamala Harris being on the right side of history back then as she worked to help protect our right to marry twenty years ago. The clip below is not from 2004. It is from 2015, after the California gay marriage ban was struck down. In it, she is ordering clerks in California to immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. Her tone of celebration, after nearly a decade of working for equality for all people, is obvious in the clip. After having just returned from Vermont, where we had our first wedding (a “civil union” only recognized in the state of Vermont) and seeing Harris as the presumptive nominee for president is making us smile broadly today. Watch the clip and enjoy! From the bottom of our hearts, we thank Harris for being a true public servant who has a long and dedicated career working for all people.
Our time in Vermont was amazing! Though the situation was challenging, with washed out roads, flooded AirBnB rentals and limited time, we had a wonderful experience, planted our trees, some herbs and greens on our land and met with our site crew to work out the next details.
From Vermont, we headed to Pennsylvania for George’s mom’s 93rd birthday! We had a great time seeing family and spent a good amount of time floating in George’s sister’s pool to escape the 100 degree weather.
Being closer to his family will be another of the great perks of our big move, that will be happening very soon!