From Dan Moore & Family

“Always right at home with the Hoffmans” – A blog by Daniel Moore

Dearest Pat and Joe:

I first met you (well, actually mostly Pat at first, with Joe usually buried in the newspaper or off running in circles – ovals actually – somewhere in town) in 1978. To be precise, during Willamette’s Senior Weekend, where high school senior prospective students visited the school, and where Tracy and I first met beside the pool table in the basement of the Kappa Sigma fraternity that would eventually make Tracy and I “brothers.” This, in turn, made me a “son” of sorts to you. It became quickly apparent to me that both of you – two unique individuals with vastly different but complementary personalities, provided firm bedrock for the Hoffman family (along with its adopted extended members such as me!). That was 30 years ago, around the time of your 20^th anniversary, back in relatively newlywed days. The saying “Newlyweds become 'oldyweds', and 'oldyweds' are the reasons that families work” rings very true in your case. For beyond measuring a marriage by its longevity, for which your 50 years together have now won you a gold medal, a marriage can be measured by the family it creates around itself. And in my humble view, it is in this category you have an even bigger gold medal already hanging around your necks. I continue to treasure the connection that I have with the wonderful family you have created around your marriage.

With much love and best wishes, Daniel Moore and family