In the pre-dawn hours
At 4:59 am this morning it was still dark. Adam and I were sleeping soundly in our warm, cozy, large, puffy blanket filled bed.
At 5:00 am the alarm went off and broke the silent, peaceful slumber I had going.
“Adam, Adam (with a little shake) that’s your alarm, are you going running?”
Turning over onto his stomach, while still asleep, and burying his head deeper into his pillow he said, “I know there is some kind of remote technology for this, I’m trying to figure it out.”
So I just turned off the alarm.
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Yesterday KP and I went on a walk. I was trying to find something, something I remembered from many years ago. I wanted to know if it was still there.
The third week of August, 1988 Adam and I took an easy strolling hike through the woods.
It would be the last time we would see each other until Thanksgiving. We were heading off to start our freshman year in college. Adam was the lucky one to leave town first.
We were saying good bye. Neither of us knew what was in store. All we knew was that it would be amazing and life changing and Lord knows what else. We’d hoped we could make it.
I remember packing up his going away gift. It was a little kid’s pencil box. Inside the box was a (big boy) pen with his name on it, stationary with stamped envelopes pre-addressed to me, and the rest was filled in with root beer barrels and butterscotch candies.
As we walked we came upon this bridge. We dangled our feet over the side, talked, cried and kissed. And right before we left Adam took his key and etched a heart into the wood and in the heart wrote MT + AS.
Adam left that afternoon. I spent the rest of the afternoon and night sobbing into my pillow not knowing what the future held.
KP and I went back yesterday to see if our heart was still there. It wasn’t, but so many others were. And as I looked at the planks of wood that had been replaced and the other names that there the memories came flooding back.
So many years ago, so young, so innocent, so fragile…so lucky. We are so lucky to have each other and so many wonderful and crazy and absolutely amazing memories already. Thank you for those and for all those that are yet to come.
I love you Adam.
Happy 14th!
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Presenting…The Magnificent Bastard 2027!
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Adam and I started dating in Driver’s Ed. That’s right…stop laughing. That meant, when we turned 30 (seven years ago) we had already spent half our lives together. I know…kinda cute, weird, awesome and creepy all at the same time.
All that said, I think I got the guy pretty much pegged on just about all counts, until this weekend. This past weekend we had Nana and Papa over for dinner. I was trying to figure out what to make for a quick dessert with our dozen rotting black bananas and what do I find, a recipe for Banana Cream Pie.
I personally am not a big fan of Banana Cream Pie, nor is anyone else in my house. We would never order it and I most certainly would rarely eat it if it was offered, but I had all the ingredients so what was I to do?
And as it comes out of the oven Adam suddenly proclaims his love for Banana Cream Pie. You what? YOU…THE
How cool is that? I still don’t know everything about him.
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Happy 37th Babe!
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Dack is kicking off a new men’s weblog called Magnificent Bastard in a few days.
Does that guy in the photo look at all familiar to you?
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