I am grateful for my road trip partner, my Senior Project Manager, my role model of forgiveness, my walking motivation, my forever home creator, the one who makes me laugh always, the one who cries with me during America’s Got Talent and when we are both touched by hymns that reach our souls, the man who holds my hand during every prayer and does not let me turtle when I am down but insists I deal right then and there, the guy who loves 10 grandchildren as if they were his own.

I am grateful for Sam, the one who found me in my brokenness and stretched out his hand so I could grab on.

Happy birthday, Sam I Am – this year holds so much potential and adventure, and I am thrilled to be by your side, watching God bless your world.