Child,
Four years ago today, your Mom and I were married. It was a most amazing day, warm and light. I have never felt so surrounded by love; your whole family was there, celebrating with us.
The wedding was as we live, artful- in a do-it-yourself kind of way, and rich with friendship. A friend married us, another did the flowers, another the cake, the dress, the photographs and so on. Everything was important and every moment was a treasure. Friends and family stood and spoke about us, as individuals and as a couple. And then we spoke, read our vows to each other and made a lifelong promise to each other and this fierce family of yours.
I read my vows to your Mom again last night, as she drifted off to sleep. They are still true and now, even more alive. The love we honored that day is the very wire you hum through. You are a celebration of love, deep and abiding. You are founded in loyalty and honesty and fidelity. You are love manifest.
Pa-
