… that moment she walks in the kitchen and says,

Awe, look Mom! It’s Dad standing guard at the little cottage in the woods he made damn good and sure you really ARE gonna have one day!

… then you want to cry, but instead you can only smile, because Jean-Claude Van DAMN she’s the strongest, wisest, most gracious human being you’ve EVER met.

… and (PS) …

YOU MADE HER!

If only you really knew why it means so much that she still calls him “Dad” … well … then you’d really know why it it means so much that she still calls him “Dad”. I’m sure you must be tired of me saying it, and I’m sorry I’m not sorry that I always do … but … I really am the MOST blessed queen in the entire history of this world.