He drops a soft kiss on my lips. “Come on, let me introduce you to everyone.”

I’m giddy and ridiculously excited as we make our way through the room. Someone hands me a Sharpie and I’m forced to sign everyone’s shirts.

Dax had one made for me that reads Daxton Hughes Is My #1 Fan with a picture of the two of us. He’s wrapped around me, chin resting on the top of my head, his smile wide and warm and full of love.

It’s hands down the most incredible birthday party I’ve ever had, thrown by an even more incredible man. My future with him might not be easy or conventional, but then nothing worth fighting for ever is.

Sometimes the darkest tragedies bring us the brightest lights. I’m lucky enough to have found not one, but two.