I can’t verify all the statistics, but they just feel right.

Sad, but true, for many Americans.

[Written for Jules in October 2007]
Little Things I Love About You
1. All the notebooks you’ve put pieces of yourself in.
2. “I Did it Dance” when you didn’t really accomplish anything to warrant it.
3. The mole on your left cheek.
4. Your snake venom smile.
5. Mighty Mouse syndrome.
6. You have a list for your lists.
7. You’re as [...]

[May 2005]

My hair is getting so wild right now that I want to go back to the old us.

There’s few wedding details that we’ve agreed on immediately, but this is one of them.

No worries though. We have eight months to persuade each other to our side on everything else.

December 26, 2003
(my first writing about Jules)

It took you twelve days to make four out of five an unlikely perfection. Your lack of voice and my anxious desire, began the balance of perpetual totter.
You listened as I spoke. And as I listened, you stumbled across “me too’s.” Tippy-toed, into me, across hushed conversations and timing [...]

[July 2004] 
I am low. Very low. Not blood sugar low, least… not now. But I was.
~ ~ dududoo dududoo ~~ FLASHBACK ~~ dududoo dududoo ~ ~
So there we were, in the apartment. Julie was laying down and I had just tested my blood sugar. I was at 61, low for a normal person- very low [...]

I’m cleaning out my phone and came across a photo of Jules and I from Christmas day. I think she was expecting a ring for Christmas- muwahahahahahahaha!

Me waking Julie up with questions on December 30th.
Do you love me? Will you marry me? Will you open your eyes?
Jules mumbling answers on December 30th.
Yes. Yes. Yes. ….Are you serious?! Yes!
Me trying to console Julie about the long hours she’s been working.
Look at you baby. You’re the worker & queen bee!
Me instructing my [...]

Jules and I went out to the park one weekend, collected a few acorns and decided to plant them. We wanted to grow a few so that when we get a house we could have a tree to plant and watch it grow through the years.
We did a little research and a few weeks later, [...]

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We chose the 8/8/8 wedding date because if you turn them sideways they turn into three infinity signs, which we believe should be the expectation of any marriage.
Forever, always & then some.