I just want to wish my beautiful wife the happiest of birthdays. I know she has been dreading this one coming for quite some time. She has no reason to. She’s as beautiful and young at heart as she was when I first fell in love with her over 18 years ago.
In those 18 years she has went from a beautiful, goofy, (semi)hard working student and waitress – to a hardworking and dedicated employee, wife and mother of two. As she worked up the ranks from a private office in Burlington to the City of Hamilton she kept proving over and over just how much smarter she is than I. At this point, I realized I had to marry this woman.
I married my best friend; my better half; the woman I love.
She continued working and upgrading her skills through more online and night courses than I can count. She switched jobs to Haldimand County. It was during this time we started our family. We have been blessed with two amazing children – Abby and Joe. Being a Mom has proven just one more task for Shannon to amaze me with. She is a wonderful mother and our kids couldn’t be luckier. There isn’t another person on the planet that I would rather have as the mother of my children.
As the kids got bigger and maternity leaves came and went, she focused on finishing her OPPI (fancy planning accreditation). One more job job change to Norfolk County and a handful of additional courses and she finally finished off the OPPI and became a member! (Still very proud!). At Norfolk County, Shannon seems to finally be in a place where she feels at home. She loves her job and the people she works with. And she even seems to like the challenges it brings. It has been a long time since I’ve seen her actually excited and enjoying going to work. — Well…. As much as one can enjoy working I guess….
In the last year or so, as our lives seem to be finally be at a point where things are slowly coming together. Challenges come but together we have been doing a pretty good job of staying ahead of them. As things seem to be coming together, I am seeing more and more of the goofy, fun loving, caring, beautiful girl that I fell in love with nearly 2 decades ago. I couldn’t be more proud of the mother that you are; the woman you have became and the wife that I love.
You are still a Jackass. But you are my Jackass. 40 Looks great on you. Enjoy it!
Love you.