BeBe and PaPa are in town. The kids were SO excited to see them. BeBe's only request for this trip was that we go rafting as a family. So, today Andy loaded up the boat and paddles and life jackets and I loaded up the kids and we headed for the river. Most of us were not too excited about this family rafting day, but it ended up being the best day! We had SO much fun! Andy was a super guide (we didn't tip over) and all of the bad attitudes and scared ones wanted to go a second time. I am hooked! Hopefully we will do that again so soon! (I hate it that I don't have pictures, but since I was actually in the raft doing life, I didn't get to record life.)
Andy proposed during a curtain call of Me and My Girl , a musical in which he played an old man who went most of his life without telling the woman he loved that he loved her... Twenty-three years ago today Andy asked me to marry him. . . . he was my best friend and I thought he was the love of my life. Should I have said no? I don't know how many times I have now been asked a version of that question in the past couple of years and I cannot count the number of times I have asked myself that question over the past decade, but it is a dumb question with no great answer. If I would have said no 23 years ago, I would have saved myself from so many tears and so much pain, but I would have missed so much laughter and so many exciting firsts and I would be such a different person. . . . Because of this day, 23 years ago, I am who I am and I have so much to be thankful for. Because of this day, 23 years ago, I have five of the best kids on the planet. They are t
Comments