Beautiful post @riverflows! What an amazing adventure you've had over the last 15 years! You're so lucky that your parents weren't judgmental and trusted you to make sound decisions with your life. From what I know about you, it's an amazing life you've had so far and what a loving hubby J is!
On a funny note, that word, 'trepidation', when my 5 yr old was a chatty toddler he used to ask us what random words meant. At 21 months old Trepidation was one of them! We thought he was creating random words, until we googled it and discovered it's a real word!
<3 xxx