Some events in life are bigger than we are able to fully comprehend. We understand, but our understanding of the event continues to enlarge. No matter what we do, some of life''s events escape an adequate celebration. When I finished at Drew Theological Seminary, I thought that I should be able to find some way to celebrate that moment. Fifteen long years have now passed and I never could find a way to adequately celebrate how I felt graduating Magna Cum Laude with a Master''s of Divinity Degree. That''s the way it is with 50th wedding anniversaries. There is no way to really celebrate the love, the commitment, and the history that is wrapped up in that kind of marriage.

It''s that way with the birth of our children. We celebrate their birthdays every year, but somehow the celebration alw…