one year

Today marked the one-year anniversary of our engagement. I was able to get present to the emotions of this time last year and all of the wonderful things that have happened since then.

Erin and I got engaged last year in St. Augustine at the urging of our friend Jason Rodriguez. His conversation with Erin went something like: “You love him, right? You want to be together for the rest of your lives, right? Then what are you waiting for?” Erin told Jason that we hadn’t really even planned to get engaged, and so we didn’t have a ring. He promptly took off his diamond wedding band and gave it to Erin. This all happened without my knowledge.

She walked up to me and said something like, “Look, just ask me. Because if you don’t, I’m asking you.” I was completely confused at first, and then I saw the ring in her hand. So I asked. And just like that, we were engaged.

It was about two weeks later that we found out that Erin was pregnant with Kai. Just a couple weeks earlier we were discussing getting married and the possibility of children, and BOOM we were going to have a child. Talk about life changing in a moment.

I could write volumes about what has happened since then, but I’ll save that for my memoirs. What I do know is that Erin and I have truly come together as a team moving forward. Coming from a guy who never wanted to get married, I cannot imagine my life without her. We finish each other’s sentences. We know how to make each other’s coffee in the morning. We call each other on our BS and support each other completely. I love my wife.

So it’s been a year. What an amazing, unbelievable year it has been. I am loving this.