Me, Myself and Mommy

About this time in 2004, Steve and I first started dating hanging out. The beginning of our relationship friendship was not about being a couple, so I didn’t keep up with exact dates of our milestones. We were both still recovering from breakups, and were not ready to give up our independence. However, we had both found something in each other that we desperately needed at that time in our lives, someone we found freedom and safety in, someone who shared the same burning desire to magnify this time on Earth.

By the way, we both denied any real feelings of love for each other until Springish 2006. It was safer that way.

Steve and I met through work. It was 100% against office policy to date coworkers, so the beginning of our “relationship” had to be kept secret. A lot of the time we spent together was at my apartment, Steve’s design studio, or anywhere else we wouldn’t get caught. While I was cooking dinner, or Steve was designing chairs and vacuum cleaners, we would read to each other from The Complete Life’s Little Instruction Book by H. Jackson Brown Jr.

We spent a lot of time with this book. We would read a few lines, and then talk about them for hours. It spawned many thoughtful and inspiring conversations that made our later nights even later.

The video below has excerpts from the book. I get voicemails from my mom that say exactly what #511 says – nothing more, just that.

If you don’t already own a copy of The Complete Life’s Little Instruction Book, I strongly encourage you to get one, and to give a copy to someone who is approaching a major milestone like graduation, marriage or a career change.

And, since we are taking a trip down memory lane, here is the first picture that was ever taken of Steve and I together…

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