ValeVale & Verita

I am not the smiling type. I tend to roam in deep-thought and I’ve mastered the art of the straight, emotionless face. It might be a bit from being an only child – getting lost in yourself and thinking so deeply that you forget there are others.

I highly doubt my expressions will change much; 

however, a part of me has been forever transformed: 

my heart.

July 18^th, March 7^th, and May 5^th -
three days that have changed me for the better.

When one became two,
two became three,
and three became five.

Today, May 5^th is the first birthday of my girls, Verita & ValeVale.

There are countless articles and accounts of how a parent feels – the smile when they see you, their ticklish laughter, their heads nodding off while you caress them. Truth is, once you are a parent - you care, feel, sense, listen, and understand it all better. I could list all the ways I love my children, I could. I could be poetic and express a thousand vignette wraparounds ending with a twist, I could.

I choose a minimalistic approach.

I can honestly say my heart has had to grow and partition, my senses have been heightened, and I am truly, madly, deeply in love with my girls.

Everything I am, everything I will be – is for my children.

Love you girls 

– Papi.

PS. Thank you Lety. 

You are, as usual, responsible for my happiness.