Jesse Jay

Let me set the scene, I’m writing this in Cortado Coffee Roastery, our favorite coffee shop down the road from the house, in my yellow and orange bucket hat sipping a banana nut (try and stop yourself from making the joke JJ) and dirty chai. You are in Thermal, California doing all the maintenance checks on the helicopter so it can fly down to Argentina, with you accompanying it in a month. We live an unusual relationship with this work schedule but I am so proud of us for wanting to make it work and kicking ass doing it.

I show my love through my words, anyone that knows me can vouch for that, so to celebrate today I thought I would do just that.

You are one of the most thoughtful human beings that I have ever met on this Earth. The way you show your love everyday through words that reminds me of the love that I thought I could never receive. Through the way of asking your pilots, friends and the internet on how to help manage endometriosis. The way you know me and can know exactly what I need, such as a friend, without me even asking. To be honest, your love overwhelmed me at first. I thought one of my friends back home bribed some random man into loving me unconditionally as it was nothing that I’ve ever experienced. A kind, calm, forgiving love. You’ve taught me to love myself and the want to heal prior wounds so I can be a more present being for you as well.

Your spoken stories of being in the Marines and the pride you take in the things you have accomplished in that career will never be unnoticed by me. Even when I don’t understand your GWOT t-shirts or the terminology you use with your buddies that gets me lost in the first 5 seconds, I never want you to stop. Your unspoken stories that cause pain won’t be unnoticed either. I’ll be there when you do want to talk and there when all you need to do is a hand to hold. I promise not to pry. With that being said, although you did amazing things in the past, it doesn’t mean that it has stopped presently. You make me proud for the person you are and continue to be in everything you do.

You are my favorite human. You have introduced me into the world of raggae music and fanny packs. In no way do you hold me back but you show me more of who I want to be with each day.

Jesse Jay doesn’t know a stranger, because he greets everyone like they’ve been friends for years.

We’ve done so much in this past year… I moved in, we got Honey Buns <3, we hiked the shit out of some mountains and met each other’s most important humans. Now, in a week we will be moving 30 hours away and starting our biggest adventure together yet.

Here’s one year down and many more to go <3

…still waiting for our Hinge sponsorship..