Happy Valentine's Day

On this Valentine's eve,
like chocolate,
I savor the bitter-sweet memories that we've lived over the past 16 years:

Introduction by a mutual friend.
The unexpected death of a mutual friend.
Your marriage proposal;
First sips of Dom Perignon.
Stephanie's diagnosis of breast cancer;
Her survival.
Wedding covenant.
An overseas move, away from all things familiar.
Pregnancy;
Miscarriage.
Pregnancy with complications.
Faith.
A perfect baby boy.
Deployment to Saudi Arabia.
Birth.

09/09/2001
Death.

Birth.
Operation Iraqi Freedom;
Sweet reunion.
USMA Class reunion.

Breast cancer...
Survival...
The future


Jeff,
Thank you for finding room in your heart for me and for opening it a bit wider each day. You are more than the man I married nearly 15 years ago; you are my love of a lifetime.
Deneitra