Happy 5th Anniversary

Dear Matty,

Tomorrow is our 5th anniversary and I thought I would take the chance to quickly tell you, our friends and family just how much I love you!

I know at times things are rough...heck...who am i kidding, at times things seem unbearable and seeing the future is hard. But know in your heart that you're the one for me. Five years ago our friends and family weathered through a snow storm in Portland to stand by our sides in support for our love and devotion to one another. These same friends and family have stood by us over the last five years and helped us through the many changes our family has endured!

• Our first pregnancy and the birth of Kaiden Matthew! The tears that come to my eyes, just thinking back...wow!
• The news only three weeks later that you were accepted into the City of Portland's Fire Training Program. Nothing could have made either one of us happier at that point in time in our lives.
• You going through training was terribly hard on us, but we made it through and in the end we were graced with the news of another baby on the way. Conley has just been the best addition to the family we could have ever hoped for! My three boys (yes boys....HA) make me tear up daily with happiness.

With all of these changes, our relationship has hit many rocks. These rocks are only that...rocks, bumps, small little obstacles with which we simply need to jump over before we can build an even stronger bond and love for one another. I know we have many more rocks, dirt mounds, hills and even mountains to climb in our future...but please know I'll be by your side every step of the way!

I don't think I've ever shared this with you, but when we're simply having a bad day...i try my hardest to find a quiet spot and replay our first dance together in my head. I listen to the words and remember how tight you held me in your arms. Since the memory is one I hold on to and revert back to, I wanted to share it with you. Below are the words to the song Come Away With Me by Norah Jones.

Come Away With Me

Come away with me in the night

Come away with me

And I will write you a song

Come away with me on a bus

Come away where they can't tempt us

With their lies

I want to walk with you

On a cloudy day

In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high

So won't you try to come

Come away with me and we'll kiss, On a mountaintop

Come away with me

And I'll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain

Falling on a tin roof

While I'm safe there in your arms

So all I ask is for you

To come away with me in the night

Come away with me

I love you Matty now and forever!