happy birthday, love!

We had only been dating for three weeks. I was nineteen and he was twenty-one. I had received some bad news from the doctor on this particular day, which had me scared to death. And, let's say when you are nineteen, away from home for a few months and then receive bad news, it can be pretty dramatic. I think I spent that entire day crying in my sorority house to my best friend and roommate just being scared. That evening, I went over to hang out with him. I told him what the doctor had told me, and it took him all but five seconds to give me a hug, kiss me on the cheek and to tell me it was going to be okay. He even made me laugh in the midst of it with his corny jokes. But, it did not stop there. Instead of choosing to go party with his fraternity brothers, he asked me to pick out a movie, made me a snack and held me on the couch as we watched a movie.

People ask me when I knew that he was THE guy for me. I tell them this story. It was the first time I realized he was not just any guy, but the kind of guy who would care for me in a way I never understood quite yet. That was the day I fell for him. As in tripping over my feet, not being able to see straight kind of love.

This was after three weeks of us being together. It has been seven years since that night, and he still has not changed. Not one bit. He still cares for me in a way I do not quite understand, he still says his corny jokes that have me laughing and he still knows the way to my heart-food. And, I thank God everyday that He brought Bryan into my life.

You see today is his birthday! His 28th birthday to be exact. He thinks he is getting old. Oh, how he is so sadly mistaken. If you know Bryan, you know he has more than his fair share of energy and still has the spirit of a kid. As in, he ends up being best friends with most of the kids I photograph, which is what I love about him.

B, just wanted to wish you the happiest of happy birthdays! It has been quite a year, and I am so happy to be celebrating today with you. I wish I could sum up in words how madly and insanely in love I am with you! But, I do not know where or how to start. Other than, you are my best friend, my sidekick, my partner-in-crime and just an amazing husband, and I am so glad you are in my life. Because if you were not, I think, scratch that, I know I would be lost without you. Really really lost. I lub you!



(Picture above: I was practicing backlighting yesterday after we got back in town, and I just had to post this picture. You know, in honor of his birthday! And the fact that he looks like a complete stud, and I am married to him.)