Monday Memories: Look What I Found!

While re-organizing the garage for the 3rd or 4th time this morning, I came across a unmarked box that I hadn't cleaned out yet. I started digging and looking around, trying to figure out what this box housed. I saw a few picture frames, a baseball piggy bank, a really old Christmas stocking with PATRICK stitched on it... and towards the bottom of the box I found this:

I hardly even remember doing this, but after reading it and looking at all the clippings it started to come back to me. It was 2001 and Patrick was graduating from high school. He had already signed a contract to play baseball at Pepperdine. At this point we had been dating for almost a year and this poem was our year in review. {Remember, this was almost 9 years ago. I was 16!)

As I walked into math

One Monday morning

God directed my path

Cause I couldn't help noticing

You at your seat

When your eyes met mine

Fate that we would meet

It must have been a sign

I never said a word

For 2 full years

And when I heard

You cause some tears

I expressed a few feelings

And conquered my fears

Through 7 innings

My words got around

Heard throughout the bases

Even on the mound

It was a Thursday night

At Esperanza's football game

I had you in my sight

But I only knew your name

That very next day

You just couldn't wait

You didn't know what to say

But I could tell you wanted a date

A walk across the street

Was all it took

Surprised that we would meet

They just had to stop and look

To our first date

At Woodranch & Urban Legends II

Sine the start you were always late

From then on it was just me and you

As your birthday rolled around

On the 17th day of November

My heart is what you found

It was a night to remember

In January came Winter Formal

Our first dance together

It was simply incredible

It couldn't have been better

Senior Prom 2001

An unforgettable night

It was so much fun

Everything went just right

Red dress and white tux

Pictures, dinner and dancing too

It costs big bucks

But all worth it for you

It went by so fast

But our memories will forever last

Sunset League Champions

You played like a pro

There was some hard competition

But how would I know

High school graduation

All of a sudden it's here

It's time to move on

From the past 4 years

Bound for baseball on the beach

Off to Pepperdine as a Wave

All your goals you shall always reach

For the paths you've already paved

Your accomplishments could make a list

Now to college, learning to save a buck

But trust me, you'll be missed

Patrick, I wish you the best of luck.