My Vows. "Balls" & "Sugar Tits" Included.

Me after Mike's vows: "I can't do this without crying!"

I contemplated sharing these... as they are very personal to me. But I figure I've shared everything else with you guys, including pictures of me in gold lamé leggings and a hot green leotard, that I thought, what's the big deal about sharing my heart too? So here they are. My vows. 


"I will never forget the night we met. It was in Astronomy 101 lab, and you were the first genuine person I had encountered as a freshman at Arizona State University... which admittedly, is kinda not saying much, considering it’s Arizona State... but truly, in all the years we have been together, I can still say, to this day, that you have remained the most genuine person I have ever known, and will undoubtedly be that person to me, and to all you encounter, for the rest of our lives.  There isn’t anything you wouldn’t do for the people you love, and I couldn’t love you more for it.

Over the years, you have given me many, many nicknames -- most of them silly and ridiculous and no, I will not be sharing any of them with the group (*cough* SUGAR TITS), but my favorite one you have given me over the years will forever be the nickname, “bird”.  

 You supposedly gave me that name because of the squawk sound I make when I laugh... Which, I will neither confirm nor deny that I make any such squawking sound when I laugh, but I will most-certainly say that it was you, and only you, who gave this bird her wings to fly. 

Before you came into my life, I was not nearly as brave as I am now. I had these big goals I wanted to accomplish and adventures I wanted to take, but I was nowhere near confident enough to follow through on any of it. Which was sad and frustrating and heartbreaking, because that wasn’t the person I wanted to be. But you came along and changed all that. You believed in me. 

 You saw my talent as extraordinary and my opportunities as limitless. You never once told me to shy away from something solely because it was too hard. You understood my fears on a level that no one ever had before. And you encouraged me to face those fears head on and to take on a challenge even if it resulted in failure in the end. You helped me embrace life’s difficulties, and you lifted me up in times of stress, self doubt, and sadness. Your friends have become my friends. Your family has become my family. We’ve built a whole life together and have made Los Angeles our home.

I love you because you bring joy to my day everyday.  I love you because you empower me. You light a fire under my ass. You make me want grab life by the balls and never give up on anything no matter what life throws at us. I love you because you approach everything with equal parts heart and rationality. I love you because you are a survivor. I love you because you see learning as one of life’s greatest priorities.  You live your life with the understanding that we are here to learn with an open mind and to teach others what we have learned. 

You understand that not only is knowledge power, but that obtaining new knowledge and teaching others is necessary to our future, our well-being, our marriage, and our desire to live our best lives possible.



And because I love you for all these reasons and more, I promise to always be my best for you."



If you missed Mike's Vows, head here.