Today is Alex's birthday. How crazy to think it was merely five years ago when we first met. I would have never dreamed on that day what we were to face ahead. When we sign up for marriage and kids, or to simplify it just life, I am pretty sure we all hope for a smooth ride. Of course we expect a few bumps here and there, but for the most part a nice flat road!! At least that is how I perceived things when I was young. While dealing with a chronically ill child, life made me realize that even in the darkest, most dreaded circumstance ("road"), life still can have so much goodness and happiness to offer, and I only learned that through my little Alex. Seeing the light in his eyes every morning, whether in the hospital or not, whether shoving ten medicines a day down his throat, he still had this magic about him, this spirit that always touched me and made me believe that I could get through this. His strength puts all of ours together look pretty inferior. I have not yet found a person who can match the level of strength and purity he had and I am so blessed to have ever had that so close to me.
I am so grateful the road that I was led to drive on was bumpy and hilly, and rocky and narrow and best of all well lit! My life would not be as full today if I did not have Alex at my side. And I am so thankful that Jackson and Lexi have the most loving, kind, sweet, strong, and pure older brother. I hope that he may be the rock they will need to get through life, just as he is mine.
We love you Alex....here's to FIVE years of loving you!!
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