All Because Two People Fell In Love....

So on this day in history, my parents thought it would be cool to hang out with each other for the rest of their lives. They are some of the few people that I know that are still married, and that this is their one and only marriage. There is so much to say about them and I'd like to take this time to say a few words...

I blame my mother for my insane picture taking habit, and because of her, my sisters and I have been able to see the entire relationship that my mom and dad have had together. Everything from their first concert together, their first trip together, the wedding, the moving in together part, and the list could go on. And even though hair changes something that has never changed in any of the pictures are the smiles. My parents have had the same smiles for years. The same little twinkle that they get when they're looking at one another. Not only is it cute in a photo, it's hella cute in person. My parents had rules for us growing up, but we sure as hell had loads of fun too. We are always laughing, they are always finding ways that make the other smile.

My mom knew what she was in for when she married him. He was a sub guy and went out to sea for 3 months at a time. She was the care package queen. Always sending letters, always making sure the write important things down so that he could experience them later when he'd return. There was never a second thought about any of it. They [or at least I'd like to believe] were on their own missions to make sure that the other one knew that they were thinking about them and how much they are loved.

We're an I love you kind of family. Every night before I go to bed, I say it to them. Every time I get off the phone with my sister, I say it to her. It's just something that's super natural to us, and we want to make that each of us know that, no matter what kind of day we've been having, and no matter how upset we might get with each other, we love each other no matter what.

My parents are super cute too. My dad turned 50 this year and while at lunch with him I asked if it feels like he's 50, and without missing a beat he said no. He said that it's all a mental thing, in his head he still feels 25, he has never given age a second thought and just goes about life. He's not worried about getting old, he says that my sisters, my mom, and I all keep him young. They loving swimming together, go see movies together, watch the news at night together. They are the cutest.

Sometimes I bet it's hard to picture this though. My dad is kinda shy and soft spoken, but he's also one of the funniest men I have ever met. My mom is, well most of you know my mother, always doing something and flying about whatever space she's in, but when she takes a chill pill and relaxes a bit, she is one of the most easy going people ever.

Whenever I get too drunk with girlfriends, we always end up taking about how lucky we are to have such great parents. Everything that I do, I have them in mind. I want to make them proud, I want them to be able to go to parties and be like, "Yeah well do you have daughters like we do?" They'll tell some amazing story about something amazing I will have done, the people will be shocked and say, "Yeah you two sure to have it all." Then they might shrug their shoulders and say, "Yeah we do."

So that's what I have to say about that. I'm the luckiest girl in the world to have 2 supportive parents, who want everything in the world for me and nothing but happiness. Have I ever said how much I appreciate them for letting me come home and live here on their dime for almost a year? I do. I really really do.

It's now time for bed because tomorrow is gonna be a long day. Mass at 8, work at 11, Improv at 4:30. So everything is pretty much back to back. 7 am till 6:30 pm tomorrow. And then the Tonys. Ah yes, gotta love me some Neil Patrick Harris :)

Happiness is knowing that through thick and thin, good times and bad, for richer or poorer, and everything else you can think of, my parents are gonna be together forever.

Love me like I love brownies at midnight :)