We Begin at the Beginning

his blog is a love story with you, my sweet boy, at the center of the narrative.

Your story - like all good stories - involves many fantastic characters, unbelievable situations and everyday adventures that we’ll remember on your behalf until you’re old enough to remember on your own.

Up until I met your father I was happy being alone. If you’d known me at 30 I would have told you I had no desire to get married or have children, I liked my life and didn’t feel like I was missing anything.

Your father and I met in our thirties and on our first date I told him I never wanted children. He very clearly announced that he did want children and he always had...and I knew from right then and there he would make an incredible dad one day.

We were married within two years of meeting each other and on our first anniversary, on Mount Desert Island, Maine, we found out that I was pregnant with you.

I’m telling you this because it’s important that you know how much I wanted you. You were a deliberate choice, we wanted you more than you’ll ever know.

I hope that by reading this someday you’ll understand a sliver of the love I have for you and be able to see how important you are to your parents.

So, my sweet Sam, this is for you.