My Love Story

Last weekend, while we were taking a dinner break in the middle of finishing the bathroom, I shared a new list of what I wanted to do next with Mr. SCC. He's no stranger to these lists, I have one running at pretty much every moment in time. About half way through the "First we're going to do A, B & C - and after that I'd like to do X, Y & Z" I just looked up and asked him, "Do you ever get tired of my lists?"

Without missing a beat he said, "Nah, I'm used to it."


I thought about it for a second and realized, we've DIY'ed together, even before we were married, so as long as he's known me there's always been a list. He helped me put down new flooring in my kitchen 2 weeks after we started dating.

I was a single mom before I married him. I had two girls, and had never married. It was just me and my girls - we were a happy little family. I'd had a few other beaus, but never anyone serious enough that I'd let my girls meet them. And then he walked in.

Lala was 8 when we met, she was a funny, shy little girl, and very, very quiet {which you would NEVER guess if you met her now.} Since Mr. SCC had two kids of his own from a previous marriage, he brought them over one night to meet me and the girls, and they all got along famously. Like fairy tale story kinda good. It was magical.

A couple of weeks went by, and they came over frequently thanks to the summer break. Every afternoon it was football in the front yard, dinner on the deck and lots of laughter. One summer afternoon Lala said something that changed our lives forever. She sat down beside Mitch and asked, "Will you be my dad?" And he said, "Yes."

I had no idea of the conversation until later that night when they were all sacked out watching TV. He told me the story and I got scared. What if we break up? I mean, we weren't married - I had never been married - I had no idea if I wanted to marry him. He reassured me that no matter what happened between us, that he would be there for her. And something in me believed him.

Three months after we started dating, we married. See, I do everything quickly, not just room makeovers :)

A year later, he adopted both my girls. I could not have taken applications and hand picked a better dad for my girls. Nearly a dozen years later, we're still living a fairy tale.

Even though I love the DIY side of him, his heart is even bigger than his ability to build anything under the sun. And there's nothing better than that, not even a checked off to-do list.

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