So I’m happy to share the good news that my daughter, Emma Span, is getting married to her boyfriend and life friend Jay Jaffe. Both of them are baseball writers for Sports Illustrated, Emma is a senior editor there and Jay writes for SI.com, he is also working on a book about the Hall Of Fame.

They have been together for several years and share an apartment in Brooklyn, and I have never seen Emma as happy and secure as she is around Jay. I don’t know Jay well, we have not spent much time together, I talked to him on the phone yesterday and we both said we hope that changes, I think we are both sincere about it.

It’s a passage when a father hears that his only child is getting married, but I feel nothing but good about it. They are both enthusiastic New York snobs, they have little use for the country, but they are very happy, productive and connected in their work and lives. My first wife Paula Span and I e-mailed each other and we were both happy that this very good thing came out of our long marriage to one another.

Divorce is hard on everyone, it was hard on Emma, and it pulled us apart for awhile. That seems a long time ago. Emmas has gone on to build her own family and career and live a rich and meaningful life, and I am proud of her.

I was thinking about this news last night and I thought the one thing any parent most wants – the one thing I want – is for my kid to be happy. That is really all that I want.  When she called from Los Angeles to tell me the news – they are vacationing there – she was just joyful and excited and so was Jay. She was happy. She was happy about her aquamarine engagement ring as well, it was a good choice.  I told Jay he had really stepped in it now, Emma was his to deal with. He laughed. It feels nice, I wish them all of the happiness in the world. I’d love to dance about it.