Shelby Bupp Crockett

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Birmingham, Michigan, United States
I live in Birmingham, Michigan, with my husband Kyle, our son Nathan and our daughter Evelyn. The blog is named for our late dog Pete, a Rhodesian Ridgeback who died in 2014. Late in 2015, we returned to the US after living five years overseas (Seoul, South Korea and Königstein im Taunus, Germany).

Friday, December 9, 2011

Letter To My Husband


Dear Kyle,

Today is your birthday and I hope that you have a wonderful day full of love.

Since you will be spending your usual eleven hours at work, two hours on the road and half hour at the GM Korea free-of-charge-because-no-one-in-their-right-mind-would-pay-for-this-food-cafeteria, I thought you might need a little help with the “love” part.

I love and am honored by your dedication to Nathan and me.

I want you to know that because of you and your place in my/our life, I regularly—seriously, regularly—pause and reflect about how happy and satisfied I feel.  I am truly and utterly fulfilled and it’s because I share a life with you. I would follow you anywhere (and we know that is true, because we live way over here in Korea). You are my home.

You are generous and thoughtful. You are smart and brave. You are witty and good natured. You are honest and respectful. You are protective and inclusive. You are encouraging and supportive. You love your mother and you love my mother. You are the best man I know.  

You wrote to me on our wedding day, “You are the first and last thing that inspired me to have faith—in love, in you, in us.”  From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Your faith in me, in us and in love changed my life forever. I am so lucky.

I love you. 
:) sbc

2 comments:

  1. Beautifully written! Both Matt and I read and re-read this with tears in our eyes! I remember telling you that you would "know" when "it" happened. I'm glad it happened with Kyle. Happy birthday brother!

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  2. We see your happiness daily; in your voice, in your smile, in your committment to the life you have choosen. Happiness is good. That you share your happiness with others is the best and most rewarding.

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