One date aligns within our family that bonds three of it's members more closely than they may have been, had that date been even a day out of sync. Our eldest daughter was born on my parent's wedding anniversary and that date in 2015 saw my daughter celebrate her Sweet 16 and my folks, their Ruby Wedding. A year previously, when asked how they'd like to celebrate, the notion of a trip to NYC was banded around. Within weeks this trip for the seven of us was booked and planning commenced. Although our children had never been to NY, we have previously been twice together as a couple, and for my parents this would be their sixth time in the city that never sleeps. Remarkably, given the number of visits we'd previously made collectively, the excitement
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