Day by Day: Happy Birthday Baby!

To a very special young man whose 22nd birthday happens to be today... 

Day by Day

Written by Kayla Potega

Dedicated to the love of my life

I never knew you were wanted. 

Day by day, I was doing fine on my own. 

Twenty-some years of life before you, I had established my own normal.

And it was working. 

 Day by day, I was doing fine on my own.

I had come to terms with a life without someone like you. 

I thrived in that life, not knowing anything besides it. 

 Day by day, I was doing fine on my own.

Then you came and established a new normal. 

A picture seen. A text message answered. Three days you waited.

Excitement, fear and contemplation.

Day by day, things were changing. 

 It was easy and quick, falling in love with you. 

Charmed I was indeed by your sweetness. 

Smitten I absolutely was by your genuine heart. 

Enamored I rightly was by your true self.

Ups and downs like any real couple.

Good tears shed from feeling so overwhelmingly happy.

 Times I didn't know if we'd make it another day. 

Trust. Hope. Faith.

Day by day, we always get through it together.

I never knew I needed you. 

2 1/2 years later, we've established our own normal. 

And I can't imagine it any other way.

Day by day, I'll love you madly, truly and deeply....

Now, forever, and always.

Happy Birthday Baby!