What another fun weekend, it was such a great time! so I will start with the specifics before the Maple (if you forgot what maple is, check back here for a review). This weekend was a few things, starting Thursday my older bro moved into his new house, and, depending how you look at it, I was fortunate enough to work and miss the whole unloading and lifting things part. Jayme however found herself there all day long without me. Lifting, moving, carrying, sweating. All with my family (mostly my Dad). I showed up late and carried the last few things in and helped Adam change his brakes.

So this was supposed to be our Father’s Day as well since dad was going to be gone for Sunday. So as we were working on the car he mentioned that “Jayme is a real trooper, she did good work today”. I acknowledge the comment and went on working.

The rest of the weekend had us on a bike and brew around Minneapolis (see sweet America garb) Being tired me and Jayme left early, ate chipotle and took a two hour nap. The Next day was brunch with her family and watching movies. But  the moment that struck me the most was when on the way to visit Jayme’s parents, I called my dad to wish him a happy Father’s Day. We talked small talk and then I mentioned where we were headed and dad said some of the most important words to me I have ever heard. .

So unlike the typical blog post these words are actually life changing, well at least for me.

He interrupted me and said, “She is an amazing girl, she has a good head on her shoulders.” he went on to discuss how she just jumps right in to help, that she is a great person and that he is happy that I found her. I said thank you and that it meant a lot to me. He continued to gush about how she made the whole move bearable and that she really is amazing.

Whoa. that is what I was thinking. My dad, has never said anything like that to me before. Sure he would talk about wanting me to be happy, or that he was proud of me, but never anything about the person I was with, and now he is dropping some huge love/truth bombs on the situation. I didn’t need my dad to say these things for me to know that she is all of that and much more, but that type of validation and assurance from a man I look up to…. well that is something that cannot be expressed in words.

To me, this just speaks volumes about the woman Jayme is, the kind and unrelenting soul who gives as much as she can and then gives beyond that. Her light hearted approach to problems, her calm demeanor, her, well her everything. She is the one I want forever.

So on Father’s Day, the man  who raised me gave me big words and made me proud of who I am and more importantly who will be my side from here forward.