Bigger than me: part 1/5

(Part 1/5 of a series of posts shar­ing my real­i­ty of deal­ing with some­thing I thought I was immune to) When you tru­ly love some­thing, you’ll do what­ev­er it takes to make it per­fect. From day one, 2017 pre­sent­ed a num­ber of chal­lenges for our fam­i­ly. Through a lot of real­ly hard work, we’ve acknowl­edged our weak­ness­es and made huge strides towards every­thing bet­ter.

This post marks the begin­ning of a nar­ra­tive I’d like to put out there, shar­ing some behind the scenes details of strug­gle, hard work, and acknowl­edg­ment to a num­ber of sup­port­ers along the way.

First and fore­most, it goes with­out say­ing, but here I am say­ing it… @myalldayparty is the strongest, most resilient and amaz­ing per­son in my life. I can’t imag­ine any­one putting up with and stand­ing by me through every­thing we’ve been through. And I can’t imag­ine going through any of it with­out her by my side. Although we both hit the high­est of highs and low­est of lows dur­ing the year, I feel like she took the brunt of all the crap. She car­ried the weight of the world and always pulled through, stronger than ever. I am tru­ly noth­ing with­out her by my side. So, my dear, Shan­non. Thank you from the bot­tom of my heart for every­thing big and small, hap­py and sad, good and bad. You tru­ly mean the world to me and I hope that one day I’ll be able to be half of that for you.