10/05/2026
It’s my Silver-fox’s Birthday this week:
To my incredible husband, Chef Ken. ❤️🎂
October 7th is a day worth celebrating—not simply because it is your birthday, but because it gives us another opportunity to celebrate the remarkable man you have been throughout your life.
You have lived an extraordinary life. You have been a chef, chocolatier, artist, traveler, entrepreneur, husband, father, granddad, uncle, and—perhaps most importantly—a friend to so many people along the way. You have touched lives through your food, your creativity, your humor, your generosity, your stories, and simply by being you.
You have traveled the world, experienced things most people only dream about, built businesses, created beautiful food and art, and followed your dreams with passion and determination. You have brought people together around tables, in kitchens, through your work, and through your friendship.
But the greatest part of your story has never been what you accomplished. It has always been who you are.
You are kind. You are funny. You are loving. You have a heart that is bigger than most people will ever know. You are a devoted husband, a loving father, a proud granddad, a cherished uncle, loving brother and a friend to people from every chapter of your life.
And then there is the part of your story that changed everything.
Your TBI is a part of your story, but it is not your story. It is certainly not the measure of the man you are.
Long before January 11, 2016, you had already spent a lifetime leaving your mark on this world. You had already loved deeply, worked hard, created beautiful things, made people laugh, fed people, traveled, dreamed, succeeded, raised a family, built friendships, and given so much of yourself to others.
That man is still there.
And the years since your injury have revealed something else about you—not what you lost, but how much love surrounds you and how deeply you have mattered to the people whose lives you’ve touched.
I am incredibly honored that I get to know you, love you, stand beside you, and celebrate another year of you.
So today, my love, we celebrate Chef Ken—the man, the husband, the father, the granddad, the uncle, the friend, the artist, the traveler, the dreamer, and the incredible human being.
Your life is so much bigger than one terrible day.
Your legacy is so much bigger than your TBI.
And your story is still being written. ❤️
Happy Birthday, my love. October 7th will always be a day worth celebrating because the world became a little better the day you were born.
Always & forever,
Goldilocks ######❤️