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He is My One and Only.

We may not agree a 100% of the time, but what marriage does.

I am so happy that at least we can talk about things and learn from them.

He wrote me an e mail today and I swear it was what I needed to hear.

I Love him so much!

He told me he would do anything to make me happy and that the kids and I are his life.

I feel the exact same way.

He wants to be the one I run to and talk to.

It is such a change from a little over a year ago.

We were so stubborn and unwilling to listen to the other person.

I look at it this way.

He was my first boyfriend and it came full circle. He is my husband. My wonderful Loving Husband.

The kids miss him like crazy. Especially the boys. They miss wrestling with him and playing games. Lately though it seems like they just miss having him to talk to.

The girls miss there daddy they are such daddy's girls. They love making things for him.

Everyone has a Love story. Mine is a little unconventional but I wouldn't change it for the world.

Love has many meanings. The Love a Mother has for her children, the Love a Wife has for her Husband. The Love she has for her family and friends.

You do not become a mother by simply giving birth. You become a mother by being there for your children, for protecting your children, for wanting nothing less than the best for your children and complete and total unconditional Love.

When I had my son (tristan) I didn't know how to be a mother, but I will tell you one thing My Life started the day he was born. How can one little baby make me feel as though my life was so little compared to his. He became the one person I wanted to be my best for. He helped me to become a better person. He showed me what it meant to have a heart. He helped me to express My Love to my family. I will always be there for him I will never stop loving him. I want nothing but the best for him. I will give my life for him.

When Brians kids (lil' brian, analissa, savanah, aubrey) came into my life it was such a shock. I wondered if they could ever love me. I wondered if they could ever accept me into there life. I imagined it would be hard, especially with the things they had seen and gone through at such a young age.

I didn't want to disrupt there lives. As time went on I grew to love them as if they were my own.

I told them once "Just because you didn't come out of my stomach, that doesn't mean I don't love like you are my own. I consider you my children, all of you" I would give my Life for all the kids. I only want the best for them I want them safe and taken care of .

I want them happy and I want them to be able to be kids.

I want them to know that I love them unconditionally.

as Long as all 5 of the kids know this I have succeeded in my job. It really isn't a job. It is like they all giving me so much joy just by loving me like I Love all of them.

Brian and The kids are my world. I never thought my life would lead me in this direction. I can't imagine my life without any of them. As cheesy as it sounds they are apart of me, they all complete me.

I was married at 27 and never thought that I would ever want to get married. I thought it was a ridiculous form of an institution. To bind yourself to someone that could change in a whim to someone you are not guaranteed to be there by your side for the rest of your life.

When Brian asked me to marry him, for some reason none of those fears I used to have plagued me. I felt as though it was so natural to say yes to him.

The day we were married I was so nervous and couldn't believe it was happening. I mean "was I really doing this? was I really willing to risk that one day this relationship is not guaranteed. That the divorce rate is higher than ever and how was I supposed to know that this was going to work?" I couldn't even look at him at one point I was so nervous and so many thoughts going through my head. Me the woman who didn't believe in marriage was getting married.

Then all of a sudden I looked up and there he was this man, this strong man that looked like he was on cloud nine. On cloud nine because he was marrying me. As I looked at him I couldn't see my life without him. I couldn't imagine him not being by my side. He held my hands as he said those words "I take you Celeste Nicole Hernandez to be my wife. " I thought I was going to lose my balance right there. The emotion I felt was so wonderful. I can't even put it in words completely. it was just bliss. Blissfully wonderful. Right there and then I knew God intended him for me and I for him.

He turned my world upside down. I never could imagine I would love someone like this. We became One. He became My One and Only, My Forever and Always.

and do I thank God everyday, Oh yeah I sure do.