- Tears to the eyes.
I really was stunned at the reaction. You write the
vows thinking you're writing directly to her... and
then you say them directly to her. I'm so accustomed
at blocking out people and cameras I remember
being truly embarassed at the laughter because as you
can see from the picture it killed with every
single person. Wow. It really does feel like a good
deal of time has passed, I can tell you
that.
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- Annnnnnnnnnnnnnyway,
I bring that up because 5 years after
I uttered that sentence it's the focus of our
lives. In the best way possible, mind you. We have the
same day-to-day issues every family has but goddamn if
it doesn't seem like a fairy tale when you step back
and look at how things worked out. Lest we not forget,
my friends and family got this version of our
wedding invite:
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- I had gotten to a
place where I couldn't truly express to people
why this was special so I just said "fuck it"
let's laugh. I said we'd have a big
5-year-anniversary party in Columbus (yeah, that ain't
happening with a 3 and 4 year old) when just
MAYBE you'll believe this is going to work out. I
was the 3 time loser going for #4. I was the joke. She
was the punchline. Her "friend" was awful to us...
there just wasn't a whole lot of support except for my
mom and dad and her mother. That's it! So 5 years
later? Yeah, this is a pretty wonderful feeling to
look up and see our two kids running around and being
in the midst of so much love.
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- As is tradition,
Talya and I went out to a restaurant we've never been
to before tonight. For record-keeping
purposes:
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- 2012 -
Maximillian's (no longer in business - incredible
Hungarian Food)
- 2013 - Tasty
Burger (take out, the day we brought Cam home from the
hospital)
- 2014 - Kahuna Tiki
(Awesome Hawaiin place)
- 2015 - The Sushi
House (start of a diet, had to go light)
- 2016 - Kishi-Ya
(same reasoning, but we love sushi so -
yay)
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- It was great
sushi, but so overpriced and tiny we ended up leaving
and going to our favorite sushi place for actual
DINNER after our $80 appetizer. LMAO. However, today
will be remembered for one moment. Talya grabbed some
pretty priceless video of me and the kids kind of
writing a song that clearly will live on
forever...
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- It's the little
things. It's always been the little things, but in a
year like this (are you FUCKING serious with
Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds on back to back
days?!?!?!?) you have to accentuate the little magical
moments you usually let slip by. I don't mean
this to be alarmist, but we're more in danger as a
planet than we've ever been. This is not politics
talking, it's historical precedence talking: if that
man isn't impeached, a nuclear world war is a distinct
possibility. Sure, Pence is awful domestically, but at
the end of the day nuclear holocaust and gay people
getting a certificate of marriage aren't exactly on
the same page. So these are the days where you hug
your loved ones. Enjoy every single moment like it's
your last and you appreciate the little things. I wish
I were being dramatic right now, but at 41 - much
of that flair has subsided. I'm being a realist.
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- And I
reallllllllllllllllly love you, Talya. Happy
Aniversary, hon.
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- Adam
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