We are a married couple in our mid-twenties. We are expanding our family and figuring out all the little details of being homeowners, parents, employees, spouses...
I don’t think that Election Tuesday is a national holiday. I don’t even think it is a holiday. However, even more so than Halloween, I think of it as our holiday. We started dating on November 5th, 2002 — the first Tuesday in November, Election Tuesday. Juliet was, of course, born on the Superest of all Tuesdays, November 4th, 2008. Looking back, I feel like there was no way that she could not have been born on Election Tuesday. I always think of it as our day. I cannot think about voting without thinking about going to vote with my mom on Tuesday, November 5th. I had a starry look in my eye and, standing in her kitchen, I loudly sighed, “I met a boyyyyy”. I so rarely told my parents about the guys in my life and I never told them about someone so early on. I was just bursting and I had to let my mom know that I met you, with a major sigh and a big smile.
Since Tuesday, November 5th, 2002, we have witnessed 416 Tuesdays together. Happy 8 years of us. Happy, Happy, Happy Election Day, my Jacolas.
