You are asleep on the couch across the room. I look at you and I see Janie and Clinton’s son, April’s brother and Grandma Bond’s only grandson. But you are also the father of my children and the man I have chosen to love for all the days of my life…for better and for worse. We have been through a lot in the last 8 years. I have never written about how you and I came to be.

You were just a guy I met through a friend of a friend. A guy who liked Ally McBeal and X-Files. A guy who played jazz, and watched the news and drank coffee every morning. We had a connection, and we started spending time together. We started dating in May of 2000. I thought you were cute and sarcastic and you were a total mystery to me. I tried to pretend I didn’t care how you felt about me. I tried to be the “cool” girlfriend and you told me it was sexy that I could drive a 5 speed.

You were so mysterious and independent. You made me want to be a grown up. Little did I know huh? When I found out I was pregnant it seemed like time stood still. The first 2 weeks were the hardest, but after that it felt like things were going to be ok. 8 years, and another baby, later, I love you more than I did on our wedding day almost 6 years ago. Things have always been up and down. We chose a hard road. Well, we didn’t actually choose it, but we made decisions that made our life journey more difficult.

The thing is…to say it simply…I love you. I want to be with you every day. We may not have all of the answers, but there is something really good at the core that keeps us together. You are a good man…a loving father. You are my family and I can’t imagine my life without you. Hey Adam…how about we spend the rest of our lives proving everybody wrong? Love 3 Me

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