6 years ago...

...I was at a month long house party drinking far too heavily and putting wayyyy too many illegal drugs into my body. My friend Colin's parents had gone away for the entire month of March to tour Europe and myself and about 20 of my friends moved in for the month to party it up. And party it up we did...oh my. One of the people there was the very hot older brother of my friend Jordan, Jesse. He had just moved back to Calgary the month before after living and working in Banff at the Banff Centre for Fine Arts for two years. I had met Jesse before briefly, but I didn't really know him much at all except in passing. I had just cut off all my waist-length hair into a short bob, and coincidentally, so had he. His hair was short and NEON purple and I thought it suited him well. He had this coy smile and unusual laugh that had me really interested in getting to know the guy better, which surprised me because I was NOT looking for any sort of relationship at the time.
I don't really know why or how it happened, but suddenly we were flirting. I have this image burned into my mind of me and him playfully poking each other in the kitchen. To this day, he says I started it, and I say that it was he who started it. Apparently our memories have been damaged by too much drugs lol
Six years ago today I found myself in Jesse's mom's basement (where he was living at the time until he found an apartment of his own) watching "The Mummy" with Jesse. Only, not so much movie watching was had...more like movie listening LOL Six years ago today I lost my virginity on a ratty old futon bed. Six years ago today started a relationship that neither of us thought would last. He had just come out of a really messy break-up with a girl he'd been with for 3 years, I was just not looking for a relationship at all and was quite happy being single. For six months we snuck around, pretending we weren't dating even though everyone knew we were. "Non-boyfriend and non-girlfriend". That was us.
Secretly, I fell in love with him so quickly it was ridiculous...I used to sleep behind him at night and whisper "I love you" to him after he was asleep because he didn't want to hear those words from me.
So many memories from that first year...driving around with him into the wee hours of the night while he delivered food...sitting in the parking lot on top of the Dairy Queen by McMahon Stadium talking and talking and talking. Never before had I met someone who shared spiritual views or values like mine. Never before had I felt that electricity buzz through my body just by looking into someone's eyes.
And I'll never forget when I told my mom that I was dating a man who was 24 (I was 18) and had PURPLE hair. Oh man was that HILARIOUS!! My poor conservative, sensible mother had all sorts of preconceived notions about me blown out of the water that day lol
Never in a million years did I think that it would evolve into this. 6 years and two beautiful girls later. It's not always been easy, and in the last year or two it has been really really hard for me at times, but I know in my heart of hearts that we will pull through whatever gets thrown at us.
I couldn't ask for a better partner in life or daddy to my girls. Watching him play with Nova and Faeryn melts me every day of my life...I hope that proud feeling that wells up inside of me never, ever goes away. As much as I bitch about him sometimes, he's pretty fuckin' awesome too. People tell me all the time how lucky I am...and you know what? They're right. I am blessed beyond words.

6 years...holy fuck. Where did the time go?!
Here's a picture of my loverly family, taken just a couple months ago. My hottie partner is on the far left ;)