Ten years ago, on a very (very) hot day at Heather Farms in Walnut Creek, Don and I committed to being life partners. A year later, Amara was born. Two years after that, Havana arrived. (June seems to be quite the month for our family.) Life during our ten years together has been Full. Very Full. And honestly, not that easy. I have long learned relationships are hard. Two older people, joining lives with all the things they bring with them, raising young kids in the hustle and bustle of the expensive Bay Area, not having any support other than ourselves to lean on, my 5 a.m. wake times for ten years causing chronic fatigue; it's been challenging to say the least.
Yet, despite all of that, I know that Don is the one I was meant to be partners with; the one I was meant to co-parent with. He has been a stable rock in my life and the children's lives. He provides us with so much more than the proverbial roof over the head. Don brings us stability, protection, endless laughter and creativity. He is resourceful and has the patience of a saint (anyone living w/ me for this long is a saint!)
So it is on this milestone anniversary, with the girls older and more independent, with us both older and a tad bit wiser, that we have realized and committed to making memories over the next ten years that bring more joy, more laughter and much more love.
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