We said goodbye to our little Lottie today. 14 year of unconditional love and joy. She was the best 💕 @michaelcitrone was her very best friend in the whole world. @lucacitrone@willowcitrone grew up with her from day 1. She will be deeply missed. 💔
Barcelona in 27 seconds. 🇪🇸 we had the best time and 10/10 would recommend going, the best part. No schedule or plan. Just walking the streets exploring a new city. #barcelona
This isn’t a Valentine’s post. It’s a 27-years-ago-today-we-started-dating post.
It’s an appreciation for the journey. For the ups and downs that have shaped us. For the chance to learn and grow alongside you.
This past year especially, you’ve been my rock and my heart. I got through cancer because of your support. And watching the love that surrounds you - from your family, your friends, to see how the men in your life adore you and love you so deeply, our amazing kids - reminds me how extraordinary you are.
Life is better with you in it.
I always say it only takes one to blow up a marriage, but it takes two to make it work. Couples therapy really does work. And I’m so grateful we choose each other, and choose to fight for us, every single day.
I love you.
I’ve always loved watching people ring the cancer bell while scrolling on Instagram. It has always brought tears to my eyes. But seeing the bell in real life, at the cancer center where I go for chemo, hit completely differently. I caught it out of the corner of my eye and immediately started crying. I wasn’t expecting it. Knowing my name would be on it one day, not literally but spiritually, made everything feel very real.
Ringing the bell is a funny thing. It’s emotional and anticlimactic all at once. Standing there surrounded by the nurses who have cared for me through this journey, wearing my silly cold cap hat, I felt everything at the same time proud, grateful, lucky, blessed, anxious, hopeful, and unsure of what comes next. I want to be clear about one thing though: this isn’t the end. This is the halfway point. Right now I feel like a shell of who I used to be, and the next half of this journey is about putting myself back together.
More than anything, I’m deeply aware of how lucky I am. The love and support from you all here, my friends in real life, my incredible family, and @michaelcitrone has carried me through this in ways I don’t even have words for yet. 🤍
The strength and resilience of my wife is incredible, so proud of her She’s crushed this journey. I’m so lucky to spend my life with her. I love her so much. Ring that bell 🔔
