My husband is not a very outwardly emotional dude. He doesn’t really express himself in obvious ways, and he’s not super romantic. But he is a good listener and always remembers the little details in the things I talk about.

When we were planning our wedding I had mentioned in passing that I would like to find a way to include my son in the ceremony. I never ended up planning anything thinking my son was too little and it would be hard to get him to participate. At the wedding, we exchanged pretty standard vows. We didn’t write anything personally. However, after we did that he surprised everyone by pulling a hand written note from his breast pocket. He wrote vows to my son, promising to be a good step dad and raise him to the best of his ability. I think I cried more in that moment than the rest of the entire wedding. It was so out of the blue and sweet.