We just returned from one of our favorite summer rituals, a drive down to Orange County to spend the afternoon with my husband David’s oldest friend, Kareem and his lovely family. David and Kareem have maintained their friendship from elementary school) when they lived on the same street, the one where David’s father and Kareem’s mother still live today. A kind-hearted, sweet and talented man, Kareem met his match in Dawn, a gorgeous, thoughtful and caring woman who he married over 25 years ago. Together they have produced three amazing kids – Adam, who is 25, and his sisters, Amanda and Ashley, 18 year-old twins.