“I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.”

–Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, “Identity Crisis,” M*A*S*H

You can do your best.

You can try to be the best.

You can best an opponent.

And if you were with us and 900 other people in Hoyt Arboretum in Portland on Saturday, you could have helped our family try to best the Guinness World record for largest tree hug.

If Guinness validates the results we shall have bested all the others who came before us. But, frankly, I’m not that concerned with world records.

I just like being with my family the best.

Saturday’s gift of time … Family time, fun time, trying to break a world’s record.