We don’t really know for…

We don't really know for certain what date it was that Kev and I met, so our anniversary has always been a bit fuzzy. But sometime in early May, fifteen years ago, I went to Eckart to meet my roommate, and found her surrounded by a bevy of math geeks. And one of them was Kevin. Even on that very first day we met, I knew there was something I liked about him very much. We spent a lot of time together over the next few months, and by summer we were dating; with a few bobbles along the way, we've been together ever since.

Fifteen years (the crystal anniversary, apparently) seems a little unreal, but not nearly as unreal as the fact that we'll imminently be parents. So anniversary-stuff has been a bit subsumed at the moment. :-) But I did want to take a brief and belated moment to say Kevin's been incredible all through this at-times-difficult pregnancy, and if I didn't have him by my side, I'd be really terrified right now. I can't think of anyone, even a hypothetical anyone composed of all the best people I've ever met, whom I would rather have with me as we move into this massive life change of becoming parents.

He's my best friend, my rock to lean on, and a huge piece of my heart. Every single day I realize how lucky I am to have him. I love Kev more now than I ever thought possible, and astonishingly, for the last several years, that love does just seem to grow and grow each day. The poets were right. Amazing.

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after fifteen years
one thing at least
is clear as crystal
I made the right choice
choosing you