33. I Love You Always Forever
I Love You Always Forever
College Graduation
M ay 8, 1999
Dear Arden,
I’ll talk to you tonight, but I’m emailing you now, so I can send you pics.
I saw you in the crowd! Could you tell? The flub at the beginning of my speech was because I was so happy you were there. I couldn’t stop grinning like a loon, even in the serious parts.
It’s not like you didn’t already know the whole thing end to end already. Thank you for listening to me practice seventeen times.
Your delivery arrived within twenty minutes of Bronnie and me arriving at home. TWELVE bouquets of roses, Arden? That’s ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR roses. It was a challenge to figure out where to put them all. You’re ridiculous, and I love you.
Bronnie was over the moon that one of the bouquets was for her. I suggested she put them back in water, but she’s carrying those miniature pink roses around with her everywhere.
She took sheer curtains out of the closet, put them on her head, and stomped around the deck of her pirate ship with her flowers. I asked her if she was playing ghost, and she said, “I’m a pirate princess bride. Argh, matey.”
Watch your mail for a package. Bronnie and I made you guys chocolate chip cookies as a thank you for the roses. I’m warning you these, too, were made with extra love.
I’ve attached photos of Bronnie with her roses, and me with mine.
I’ll be packing and getting ready for our trip this weekend. I really love the idea of Lake Michigan. I’ve never been there, but it sounds more down to earth than most of your other properties. I think it’ll go a lot better if we don’t overwhelm Bronnie with too many new things at once, so keeping this as close to “normal” for her as possible will help. She’s pretty adaptable for a five-year-old (I think), but she gets cranky if she feels stressed out.
Maybe she gets it from me. ;)
I wish you’d been able to stop by my place before you headed back, but I completely understand why you couldn’t. Aaaah! I could scream with excitement that it’s almost time for us to meet each other’s kids (and introduce them to each other). I love you.
Your Charlotte