janradder

I really am a very private person, as haddayr can easily attest to.  However, today is our sixteenth anniversary and I feel I should say something about that.  I really have no idea how I found her or why she ever took an interest in me (if it hadn't been for Haddayr almost literally throwing herself at my feet, I'd probably still be sitting somewhere, eighteen years later, wondering, "Gee, I wonder if she likes me?"  I really am very good at missing obvious clues, hints, and out and out statements, like being bribed with chocolate and lemonade, being asked to lunch, going to a planned group outing to Coney Island that mysteriously turned into just the two of us, and being told, "You know, Jan, I really like you," or something similar that Haddayr can probably give you the exact words for since even then I somehow completely missed it).  My only explanation is that it seems to be dumb glorious luck that either of those two things happened (and even more fortuitous that it was both).  I really couldn't have hoped, even in my wildest dreams, to have found someone so perfect for me.  Despite her gruff, flippant exterior (which I do love), Haddayr is one of the most loving, caring people I know (though she'll probably be pissed now that I said it).  She has never hesitated to support me in whatever I do, no matter how crazy she thought it was.  She really is wonderful and I truly feel blessed to be in her life.