- Quagsire
- Lickitung
- Lickilicky
- Bouffalant
- Crabominable
- Munchlax
- Furfrou
- Slurpuff
- Diggersby
- Wynaut
- Popplio
- Seawaddle
- Wobbuffet
- Mechanical Aptitude
- Easy Style
- Resilient
- Extra Punny
- Delightfully Kind
- Intelligent
- Terribly Creative
- Half Twin
- And also Beautiful but I couldn’t work a B into the acronym!
- Tim McGraw
- Jelly Roll
- Mitchel Tenpenny
- Cooper Alan
- JoDee Messina
- Jake Owen
- Gabby Barrett
- Chase Rice
- Chase Matthew
- Jackson Dean
- Alexandra Kay
- Warren Zeiders
- Random Tanner
- Wild Oatz
- The Stockwells
- 3 on the Tree
- Sunshine
- Tan lines
- Wide brimmed hats
- Green grass
- The sound of a lawn mower
- Oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds
- The smell of salt water
- Sand on the floor mats
- Children laughing
- Scooters and bicycles
- Hide and Seek
- Campfires
- S’mores
- Sleeping in a tent with the rainfly open to the stars
- Road trips
- Naps
- Hot air
- Cool nights
- Pine forests
- Music playing from someone’s house
- Trailers with boats
- Long days
- Sunsets
- Hired Parachuting Elves
- Been part of a German documentary
- Hosted 20,000 people in my town for one day
- Spoken at City Council meetings
- Led bus tours for hundreds of tourists
- Received private tour of authentic Dutch windmill
- Received private tour of St. Boniface Catholic Center
- Received private tour of Clinton Historical Society Museum
- Lived in a historical mansion
- Learned how influencer marketing works
- Been able to write multiple newspaper articles
- Gone on ride-alongs with the Sherriff
- Sat in on strategic planning sessions with the city
- Been appointed by the Iowa governor to a national commission
- Saw the Peabody ducks march in
- Toured the Field of Dreams
- Greeted people from stage at a music festival
- Secured a VIP box for another music festival
- North Dakota
- Pennsylvania
- Connecticut
- Maine
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Rhode Island
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Maryland
- Delaware
- New Jersey
- The giant windows
- The original brick walls
- The fireplace
- Open space big enough for my giant calendar
- The plants
- The sunshine
- The large window sills that serve as shelves
- The closet that is a safe
- The ability to see outside
- Not just one window but three
- Seeing everyone who walks by
- The extra storage closet
- The thermostat
- Did I mention the windows?
- He is deeply empathetic and genuinely cares about people
- He’s a super involved father
- He understands science and math and the world on a conceptual level
- He isn’t afraid to speak up for someone who needs it
- He accepts everyone exactly as they are
- He is married to his highschool sweetheart
- He always says sweet things about her when she isn’t around
- He is adventerous
- There isn’t a food he won’t try
- While visiting somewhere new, he refuses to eat at any restaurant he could go to at home
- He’s an excellent cook
- He reads to his daughters
- He loves his grandparents and communicates with them regularly
- He’s calm under pressure
- He never went through a “my parents embarrass me” phase
- On a group outing at the age of 10, he saved his sack lunch to give to the homeless man we’d passed on the way there
- He’s always been my video game buddy
- He is super creative
- His skills as a D&D DM rival those of any fiction novelist
- He is musical
- He has a freaky good ear for sounds and tones and can hear things nobody else can hear
- For example, if he hears loose change drop on the ground, he can tell you exactly how much it is
- He can fix things
- His sense of humor cracks me up
- He is kind
- He has the ability to look beyond the surface level of any given situation
- He has a broad perspective of life in general
- He loves his family with everything in him
- He memorizes random and ridiculous things
- He is the best kid ever (except for Jesus)
- Birthstone: Diamond
- Average temp in Iowa: 49.3 degrees
- Named for the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite
- My son’s birthmonth
- The sinking of the Titanic
- Flower: Daisy or Sweet Pea
- Earth Day
- Passover
- Autism Awareness Month
- “Houston, we have a problem.”
- Brings May Flowers
Unlocked
Unwound
Unlikely
Unbound
Unworried
Unrushed
Unfazed
Unhushed
Unsheathed
Unstunned
Undressed
Undone
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