Our love isn't just a relationship. It's something deep, lasting, and foundational, like family. It's been shaped over decades, survived a lot, and feels bigger than just the two of us.
– Boopie
Generational Love
When I'm not burying my face in a terminal, I'm almost certainly hanging out with my best friend and wife of 30 years, Princess. Dutiful partner, mother of my children, and counter-balance to the walking ball of chaos that is me. We've been through so many trials it's hard to believe all that has happened in a single lifetime. I've often thought of our relationship as a generational love. We're not just a couple, we're family.
The Partnership
Every victory, every setback, every risk I've taken, every hardship I've survived, she was there. Not in the background, right beside me, an ever-present source of support and motivation. She brings structure to my instinct, patience to my momentum and mania, and honesty when I need to hear what no one else will say.
Thirty years is not a milestone you reach by accident. It's built, day by day, decision by decision, through seasons that would break most people. We didn't just endure. We chose each other, again and again. I love her with a healthy obsession.
The Family
We built a family, not just in the biological sense, but in the way that matters most. Through every relocation, every career pivot, every impossible situation, we built something that held.
She raised our children with a steadiness I couldn't always provide, and she did it without complaint and without keeping score.
The best thing I've ever done has nothing to do with code, frameworks, or consulting. It's the life we built together. Everything else is downstream.
Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.
