Dear Daren,
June 17, 2007
As I sit home alone on Father’s Day (damn lung-takeover by snot-overlords!), I’m thinking of you. Of how, on the one day of the year I’m supposed to be all June Cleaverish on your ass and cook you breakfast and stuff, I’m wallowing in coughing fits and nausea. And you, you amazing creature you, taking the kids to the grocery store and the pharmacy all afternoon, being the very man they look up to and adore, are taking today in stride, as you do with every time you need to steer the ship.
This past year has been our most important I think. We have grown closer than ever, and I continue to fall head over heels in love with you every single day. I appreciate every moment of our marriage with great fervor and marvel at your ability to be the most amazing father on this planet. Your patience seems to know no limits with these boys. You don’t raise your voice, you raise your faith in their spirit. You watch them try, fail, try again, and succeed, without taking over, but rather, you let them learn for themselves. You teach them so many things, and yet you also teach them how to react, how to lead, and how to speak to others. You are a shining example of any human being, but more so, a shining example of a Real Man.
I hope upon hope, more than anything, that our sons turn out to be just like you. You are the most special person in the entire world that I have ever met, and I love you with every fiber of my being, as your best friend, your wife, and on this day, as the mother of our two boys.
Thank you for being our Perfect Family Man.
Love,
Me
xo
June 17th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
So very cool.
June 17th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
You are very blessed to have Daren. And I think he is just as blessed to have you.
Hope you feel better soon!
June 18th, 2007 at 2:14 am
Very sweet! What a nice tribute.
June 18th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Great picture!!
June 18th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
WHat a great guy!
June 18th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Oh, btw, the rhyming name thing is just too cute. Daren and Karin!