What Dreams Are Made Of

Things that matter today, may not matter tomorrow. So take the risks, right? I don’t know why things trigger me so often lately, I’m pretty sure it’s because my failures and faults are coming back to bite me in the ass. Crushes are harder, the lingering need of touch is more distinct. The loneliness is real and I am not sure what kind of longing feels I need. 

It’s irresistible, almost unavoidable. 

Your smile, your vibe and your presence is almost breathtaking but I think mostly because we’re two opposite people and attracted to the most different types. At least maybe for you. It’s hard to admit that maybe there is a crush. Maybe there is a desire, but nothing I could physically pursue. Your personality is almost everything, you’re sweet, kind, smart and you understand when I need you the most. 

The love I had with Austin is still so strongly here but I know he isn’t physically with us and the fact that maybe he just wants me happy makes me worried that I’ll let him down. He was so important but now my kids are just as important. They need a father figure but nothing right away, because I’m not rushing into that part of my life right now.

The eyes, the hair, the feel of the skin, the lingering looks you give. The hugs, the smile, the physically presence; the lingering need of your attention. It makes my skin crawl and I can’t stop thinking about you. What a thrill, but it’s just a thrill. Nothing could come about it, mostly because I’m just in a mind set that’s just going to be life. 

Who wants a single mom of THREE kids? Most don’t. I’m set with that in my mind, but I guess I’m used to feeling alone. The last couple years of my life has been the hardest, I don’t recognize myself as since the last time trying to find myself was like 6 years ago but I think I have been slowing finding my heart again.

The blackness of my current soul and the light you’re trying to bring in, makes my heart skip a beat. You’re you in every way possible and I love it. I can’t help but focus on you and how I’m feeling because I just can’t fight it. I should. 

I need too 

But I don’t want too

I love the lingering.

The tension.

The desire. 

The wants. 

But it’s the need that I fight back with, I don’t need it. I don’t need the jealousy that I so longingly have with my past. I’m afraid to give my heart out as I wear a protection around the one I have on my sleeve. 

But in the end...

It’s just a dream, that probably won’t come true.

7 Years

"Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go." -Nicholas Sparks

Austin Tylor Schreiber (3/13/95 - 2/16/19)

You were everything my soul needed, I may not have realized how much I care and love you until you're gone but I know for a fact I did love you. I did care. Just not as much as I thought I did, you sparked joy in life that I needed. I felt so comfortable because you were my Bestfriend, my world and everything joyful my life contained. I can't even fathom the fact that you won't be here to cherish the moments we still needed to cherish. 

Our boys ALL attending school, the bittersweet moment I'll have sending our final child to school and probably crying more about the fact that you'll miss it.. not the fact that it's our youngest son. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't want to call or text you about the dumbest things that I have go on at work, or the dumbest things I've said/done in the past week. 

You're going to miss the moment I buy our first house or even the moment I kick debt, you know how important it was to me. Who am I suppose to rant to when one of our children brings home a girl, oh man, or even the birds and the bees conversation. Who am I supposed to freak out too when they have come home to tell me that they KISSED a girl, even though I told them girls have cooties! I know you're in a better place now and I hope that you're happy, but please know I will be okay eventually just now right now.

Even though you're gone now, doesn't mean I can't miss you and everything you were. You are my Bestfriend, high school sweetheart, fiancé and the father of our beautiful boys. Your smile was perfect, your hair (when long) was perfect to play with. You even loved it. Your beard was full to it's current ability with patches of missing hair, your frustration was what made the cherry on top. You just wanted a full and nice beard. Your broken finger tips when you tried to lie your hand flat, you had perfect eyebrow even. You had these amazing hazel eyes, that in the summer they turned more green than anything else, you were so determined to prove to your mom that. You had scars from your job, that you were so proud of because you LOVED your job. You worked so hard for our family, so hard.

Most of all, I'm going to miss feeling you and feeling your warmth. I feel like I've done let you down because I couldn't help you with your inner demons, you fought so silently but yet not so secretly. I keep fighting the "what if" game as if that's going to bring you back. You made our family feel safe and happy, you thought of us first before you. I loved you so much, I so still do but my love for him doesn't compare to the love he had in our family and our relationship. I'll never live down his sports addictions, even if I don't watch half the stuff he enjoyed or even let alone understand it. I'll never let our boys forget about it, because you are not one to forget. I couldn't have asked for a more better of a soul mate than I could with you. 

So with that I am resting you down to watch over our family, to make sure we are safe. Our boys will always love you and cherish you as their father, please my love, make sure we are happy. 

I love you so much, my love. 

Always & Forever

Forever & Always

Promise

-xoxo

Andrea <3