23 years ago today...

...I met my parents for the first time! :)

Today is my "adoption day" or "gotcha day" depending on what you want to call it. On April 29, 1986, my parents picked me up from Catholic Charities in Norwich, CT and drove me home, hiccupping all the way while stuck in traffic on the New London Bridge.

We always celebrate this day as being just as important as my birthday. Although it's very exciting that I have lived for over 23 years, it's equally exciting that I have had the family and the life I've had for 23 years now, too! :)

This year, my birthday and adoption day are especially special because last year at this time, I didn't know my biological family yet, and now I do!

While I was at work today, Rod surprised me with lunch and a very sweet card, as he always does, and tonight we're going to dinner with my parents in Middletown. Should be fun! :)

Privateness

Everything now has to be private and secretive... I had to remove my last name from everything online so no one searching for me can ever find me unless they already know me and recognize me from my picture and first name... All because of some jerk who threatened to hunt down and harm our family because my husband arrested him for something he of course didn't do... ha.

Anyway, I don't like having to worry about safety, but I guess it all comes with having a police officer for a husband. And I wouldn't change it for the world. It's what he loves to do and I love him and am proud of him for doing it.

Although, the other day, he asked me what I thought about him looking into the FBI.

Oh dear. (:

I told him I'm open to anything he wants to look into. Anything. He could look into becoming an astronaut and I'd be more than open to it, but that doesn't mean I'd be okay with it in the end. If it turns out being in the FBI requires us to move to D.C. and have a 70% risk of going into witness protection services by the time we have our second child, no thanks.

But really, I'm open to anything I know nothing about, until I know something about it that I'm not okay with. So, we'll see. He tends to get these grand ideas and then loses interest in them after a month or so.

Well, just wanted to update everyone on why all of my personal information will be much more censored. Hope everyone had a great Easter!!!