Well…..it’s here again. My metversary! WOW…..37 years ago today, Jeff’s mom decided we should meet and came up with quite a plan to make it happen. Obviously, she was successful and so was I because for whatever reason, he picked me!! He picked me to become his girlfriend and four short months later, he picked me to become his fiancé. Life moved quickly for us and maybe that’s why he was picked to move on from this world as early as he did. Jeff truly lived and loved life. He never stayed still whether it be physically or mentally. We certainly packed a lot in during our time together. We jumped into adulting pretty quickly. For those of you who don’t know the full story….no, we did not marry right away. My Dad was adamant that I needed to graduate college first so I graduated from college May, 1989 and we were married on October 14, 1989. We went on a honeymoon, settled into our apartment, bought my dream car (a 280ZX) and by March, 1990 we were on the path to become parents! Life had its ups and downs as it always does but the ups were more plentiful than the downs. So here I sit….looking back on oh so many of those ups. Today was and always will be a day that was literally life changing for me. Life would be so different if the events of 7/23/1987 didn’t occur. But…..they did and here I am. A little sad, a little happy, a little angry but forever grateful.

Oh….he sent me two signs….first song I heard today was Coldplay’s A Sky Full of Stars. Jeff loved Coldplay (gonna admit…me, not so much). I received a “check in” text from one of his former coworkers who easily became one of his good friends. Hadn’t heard from him in a while so the timing was pretty amazing!! Thanks for everything Jeff. Every second, every day (and I have 237,168,000 without you).

‘Cause you’re a sky, ’cause you’re a sky full of stars
I’m gonna give you my heart
‘Cause you’re a sky, ’cause you’re a sky full of stars
‘Cause you light up the path