the LAST one! | Staci Wilder

August 30, 2010 @ 7:02 am | Filed under: School Stuff,Uniquely Me

Four year ago this week I dared to follow a new dream.

I can do a lot of things on my own, but I probably wouldn’t have been so successful at this college thing without MJ’s constant support and encouragement.

He believed in me when the math grade was in the toilet.

He has shared the sofa space next to me with a stack of books for what seems like forever now.

And he was the one who endured my four endless semesters of Spanish (even though I threw the accent in for FREE!)

So baby, this is my thank you…for everything you’ve been…for everything you’ve done…

Thank you for a summer that recharged me and helped me to gear up in every way possible for this last semester of classes and then student teaching. This phase of our lives – like the others – has been a true adventure and so much of that is due to you.

There are many weeks that we sacrifice a lot, especially time, because of the crazy schedules that work and school dictate. I love the fact that even on the days when you’re on the road you’re still the one I talk to the most. And if it weren’t for that crazy road schedule then I wouldn’t have the memories of those unexpected times when you’ve shown up outside of one of my classes – just to surprise me. I appreciate the fact that you celebrate the end of each semester as fully as I do, and it’s in these ways that I know this has most definitely been a shared journey.

Today we celebrate the start of the last semester of classes. Sixteen more weeks. Four months.

The last one!

This one’s for you. Because as much fun as this part of the journey has been, I’m anticipating what lies ahead in our Big Adventure!

I love you.