I don’t know where to start! 20 years ago today, I married Terry Noble. Many of you know that my levels of common sense are sometimes not overwhelmingly high, but they were off the charts when I chose my life partner.
Here’s what I know, after 20 years:
We make each other better – smarter, more grounded, able to take chances in our careers and our learning, better parents, better partners, better friends, and we do it all the time, every day in small and big ways;
We believe in one another – at times, more than each of us believes in ourselves;
We could not be the people we are today without the gifts we have both brought to this relationship.
Terry forces me to think deeply about things, to question why I’m making a particular choice, to stand up for what I believe in, and I strive to do the same for him.
He’s also the first face I want to see in the morning, and the last one I want to see at night.
He is my best friend, my partner, my companion, the best dad I could have ever imagined, and my hero for what he does professionally every day.
“All that I have and all that I am” – I promised these to my husband in our wedding vows on August 19, 1995. I’m still learning and exploring what those encompass everyday.
Thanks, sweet boy. I love you more than you know. Here’s to the next 20.
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