More about Aiden & I...

Perhaps some of you may have noticed I haven't written alot here yet about Aiden.  Though seventeen years have now past since he drowned in a freak accident a month before we were to be married, at times it is still hard.  I so miss the what our journey together would have been.  Sweet memories I have many of, but I still miss him terribly.  We laughed a LOT.  Finished each others sentences.  We were crazy about each other, and loved being together.😃💕🐎

Aiden was a year older than me.  My birthday is the 11th of April, and his was the 16th of April.  We loved having those five days we were the same age, thus began celebrating this on the 13th for fun.  And we had even chosen the 1st of April for our wedding!😂

For the new readers today, Aiden was my 5'11" true love, and I his.  We met through our horses.  My horse Patches came running to me at the sound of my voice, but Aiden's horse, Sierra played hard to get with him.  So when Patches and Sierra became buddies, she came to me too.  Sierra didn't play hard to get with me like she did with Aiden, and it wasn't long before he began hearing from other boarders how Sierra came to galloping right to ME when Patches did.  Aiden soon realized he REALLY needed to meet me and coordinate our schedules to ride, which we did.  In the process we fell deeply in love.💕

We both had never found the right one before we met, yet we were both also living very busy lives with our respective careers too.  Many assume Little People marry other Little People, and this often is the case.  But you see, I've never exactly been an average Little Person either.😂

Anyway, Aiden was an only child.  While his parents were concerned he still hadn't found that special one, when he did date a number of women along the way, and would take one home to meet his parents, they were often very relieved when the relationship hadn't worked out.🤣

Eventually Patches and I came along though, and the time came for ME to meet his parents.  A few days before we were to have dinner with his parents at their home I asked if he had told them yet I was a Little Person.  He hadn't.😱

Whenever I humorously would add a third syllable to his name, he knew I was either seriously about to change his mind regarding a matter, or contest a word he used playing Scrabble, or perhaps the amount of rent I owed when landing on his Monopoly property.🤣

"Now Aiden-thon, my dear, giving your parents a heads-up I am a bit more unique than others, may be far more appreciated than you think.  They need time to digest 
who their son will be bringing home."

"But you've told me how you learned not to tell people in advance when you're interviewing for a job along the way."

"Yes, that's true.  However THIS scenario, my dear, is quite a different one than that.  THIS involves love.  And respect.  Your parents deserve to know in advance I am a bit height challenged."  

"Adelaide, I'm afraid of what their reaction will be."

"Ohhh, I know, my dear one.  Believe me, I understand."

"Will you please sit next to me when I call them?"

"Whatever you need.  Remember, you've got the courage within you to do this.  You CAN do this dear."

And he did.  Later his parents told us regarding this call, they heard something different in his voice as he told them about me:  they could hear he had fallen in love which made them really look forward to meeting me.  His parents were also very grateful I had Aiden make the call too, because it conveyed such thoughtfulness to them, so WE were grateful we did.😃

Often when I first meet people they are very concerned they may say the wrong thing to the point I feel they think I will break at any moment, so I use humor to put people at ease.  It so happened Aiden's parents smoked and I noticed the ash trays, so I asked if they were aware smoking could stunt one's growth I heard.  For a brief moment they looked at me in surprise, then burst into laughter.  They loved it.

In fact they laughed their heads off hearing my dwarf humor about what I encountered and my funny horse stories.  They also heard about my challenging journey from Aiden  and were incredibly touched and inspired 
by my courage. 

When they learned how we met, they loved it.  I asked Aiden's mom for his favorite recipes and she was thrilled.  None of the previous ladies Aiden took home ever did that, you see.😂

So the time came to part.  Hugs abounded.

We hadn't gone a mile before Aiden's phone rang, with his Dad telling him if he didn't marry me they would disown him. 

And that my dear ones, was sweet to us...oh so very sweet.💕🐎😃🐎💕