10 Year Anniversary

10 years ago today, this little family of mine began to take shape.

I biked to a beachside restaurant with my friend and told her about someone named Adam with whom I’d been chatting online. While at the restaurant, I received a text from Adam saying he was thinking about me, as he was randomly on the Westside for brunch. (He lived in Silverlake at the time, and I lived on the beach here in Venice. We’d not yet met in person.) We soon realized that we were sitting in the same restaurant.

I will never, ever forget seeing Adam for the first time as he approached our table. I can still remember the way he made me feel. I’m no romantic, but I knew immediately that he was it for me. (On our next encounter, StanLee met Adam and agreed, which made everything official.)

A decade later, we have more grays, are softer around the edges, and take a bit longer to wake up in the morning, but still experience all of those extraordinary feelings and more.

Adam: Sleepy cheers to our 10th anniversary, my love.

Photo no.1 by Lucia Doynel, photo no.2 by Hilton Carter for his beautiful book, Wild Interiors.