Since 1991, when I first met her, I’ve gotten a front row seat to watch Jen grow older and more beautiful.  There is no more fabulous view a guy could have.  She is an extraordinary wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, adventurer, writer, director, travel companion, taskmaster, collaborator, and muse.  Jen is fierce and opinionated, and she grows smarter, stronger and better every year.  (She does have a remarkably bad sense of direction, but it’s so perfectly horrible that if she says turn right you can reliably turn left every time.)  It is one thing for a woman to agree to step off the easy path and head out to explore the world — but this woman insisted on it.  Happy birthday, Jen.  Thank you.  From all of us.  Let’s go check out Hanoi.