Thirteen years from this day….
if I’d known that we’d get to run a company, or two, together and be successful entrepreneurs
if I’d known that we’d get to ride a gondola in Venice, drink from a coconut in Fiji, eat kangaroo tail in Australia, and scale mountains in New Zealand
if I’d known that we would both get our work featured on the cover of multiple magazines
if I’d known that we’d be best friends, not just partners
if I’d known that we would choose to stay up late talking into the wee hours of the night just so we could be together longer each day
if I’d known that we’d laugh so hard it hurt, every day of our existence together
if I’d known we’d conceive and raise the single greatest child on the planet
if I’d known we’d one day build our dream home together, piece by piece
if I’d known we’d live in the country with two dogs, a cat, and plenty of room to run in our fields
if I’d known that we’d look better and better with age (haha!)
if I’d known that we would be happier more days than sad and love each other more than we did this very day…
I’d choose you all over again. Without hesitation.
But had I known that, thirteen years from this day…
we’d have to learn so many, many lessons the hard way
we’d have to go through lawsuits, disputes, and trials
we’d have to be stolen from and scammed, and lose more money than we’d ever care to admitted
we’d both have to endure being sick and struck with anxiety and sadness after both our parent’s divorced and we’d lost our own way
we’d have to learn to endure and live through a flood that would threaten to ruin our livelihood
we’d grieve over more than one lost life and fight each day to find hope and peace
we’d have to sit in Doctor’s offices at the age of 32/33, and listen to them talking to us about what life with Melanoma looks like…
Had I known that…
I’d choose you. I would. Above everyone else in this world, I’d choose you. To do this life with. Without hesitation.
You are my light, my life, my rock, and my one true love. This has all been on heck of an adventure, story, and ride, but I’m ready to keep rolling through these years with you. Thirteen. Lucky Thirteen. The irony is not lost on me… Though we are still, oh so lucky.
I love you Jason. More than all the good and all the bad. Like Eli always says, I love all your in-betweens. Abundan much.
Happy 13th Anniversary, my Love. xx