Jeff and I celebrated out 7th wedding anniversary this July and have been together for 12 years now. Many of you reading this now have only known us as "Jeff & Shelly." For those of you that have known Jeff and I through our many years as a couple, you know that we have been on many journeys together. Boot camp, the Army, living in Georgia, moving back to Michigan only to move to Florida less than nine months later, Jeff's deployment to Afghanistan, the year long journey to purchase our first home and now, the pregnancy and birth of our first child. In that time, I have fallen madly in love with my husband...not just for his devilish good looks, but for his caring, loving heart, his faithful commitment to me and for the woman that he makes me when I am with him. I have always heard women say that they fell in love all over again with their husbands when they saw them hold their children for the first time. I never knew the power of that moment until May 12th, when I saw Jeff bring our beautiful baby boy over to me in the operating room. The role of "father" was probably one of the easiest ones that Jeff has taken on over the years, and yes, I am more in love with him today than I was the day we married. Watching Jeff with Cash has given me so much joy and happiness and I can only imagine all the smiles those two will bring me over the many years to come. To quote Kenny Loggins' "Danny's Song,"
And even though we ain't got money, I'm so in love with ya honey,
And everything will bring a chain of love.
And in the morning when I rise, you bring a tear of joy to my eyes,
And tell me everything is gonna be alright.
As long as I have my two boys with me, I know that all is right in the world...and I am one blessed woman.
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