A letter to Maeva's sweet daddy, the loving husband of my own, Rudolph Jethro Rogers, on his special day.

There are so many things I want to be grateful for in my life, and one of it is meeting you. Watching you become the incredible man you are fills me with deep admiration and gratitude. Despite the major obstacles that have hindered our journey when we were nearly ruined and almost gave up, I know that we also have more than one significant reason to dispel any doubts in our hearts. I understand it's a lot to feel, to wonder about, and to cry over, but I hope you to know that it's also a lot to be thankful for. Because we have endured it all, and through everything, we have reached a place we could hardly have imagined. From being strangers to becoming lovers, we have loved each other for better and for worse, and we have growing closer and learning about each other with a depth of love and tenderness we had never known before. From having zero memories together to can't stop creating countless ones, from someone I once barely knew to, now, you're someone I know better than anyone else ever could.

And now, now I have witnessing you become the father of the precious angel I gave birth to. From only imagining this before to having it become a beautiful reality. Because I remember all the small talks when you show me how passionate you are about the family we can have and build. And I know how we only dared to imagine it rather than making it true. I know how long it takes to finally take the biggest step in our life. And I also know that we will never regret this beautiful decision we have ever made. And I, I never regret to have all of it with me. Even though it takes pain and tears, I will still endure it, as long as I got you here. Because to be in love with you and to be so loved by you has been the greatest blessings of my life. And if ever you hate me, then hate me as much as you want. Until then, I will let words and tears take my soul for how much I have prayed to make you love me back again.

When you show a person your genuine feeling, you are making them see the world a better place as how it appears in their eyes even though in reality, it's so much uglier than that. It's the power of kindness, and what you give away to them is hope. You give me hope, Marybeth. The love you pour in all I do is the most powerful thing I ever knew. You give me strength, confidence, and comfort, you are exactly where I go to seek the feeling of being appreciated. Your gentle smile in the morning is what pushes me forward to keep going. Through every shared laughter, sweet kisses, and face that got softened, I hope you know that's how safe you make me feel. Thank you for always nourishing us with the most careful love a husband and a daughter could ever ask for. Your existence has touched my heart in ways I will never forget.

I want her. God, I need her.

Celebrating 29th month with my beautiful baby Mary. Despite our flaws, I'm still grateful for many things that I have with her, and Maeva is the perfect representation of our sweetest blessing we have been gifted from heaven. The longer I'm with her, the more I could discover ways to be happy. It's because she's the one who could show me how to do that.

My love, you have grown a small garden in my mind that I don't want to escape anymore. The place that once was a mess now has become somewhere peaceful and beautifully arranged with the flowers you picked from wonderful place. Thank you for taking care of me so well. I love you.

🖤

Never thought I could smile and laugh that much, I think Mary did something to me. Oh yeah, she did, she made me happy.

"Can you say 'Mama'? Ma-ma..."

I can't help smiling from ear to ear watching Marybeth playfully encourage our baby Maeva to imitate her words in the best way she can after she finished bathing our baby this afternoon.

The way Marybeth tries to connect with Maeva is the most precious and realest thing in this world to me. How Maeva just looks at her mama–with those little giggles she constantly makes– while barely understanding what her mama saying only fills my heart with warm feelings and stirs my soul with peace.

Being a father truly humbles me because I have now realized how blessed I am for many things around me that I wish I will never miss. The interaction between them, a mother and a daughter, makes me feel like I just want to be there, wherever they are. Because being able to capture such a beautiful moment of them with my own eyes is what I have been looking for in this life.

Introducing what kind of world that our children will enter since they are still in the womb is the most sincere job that us parents could ever do for them. And I can't wait for the time when our baby Maeva get a little bigger, enough to let her make a first step outside with her own barefoot as she learn the diversity of nature and how wonderful it is just to be there.

In a world full of lies and uncertainty, he came across as a man of profound and unfathomable personage. His mind is a maze of darkness and chaos, as sharp as a razor. His compassion and vulnerability creates a contradiction between how he appear and how he embrace his true essence—such a fascinating complexity of a character one can learn. His presence commands respect and admiration, his capability of both great tenderness and fierce determination makes him inspiring to many, yet he is still not without his flaws. His depth in understanding others sometimes leads him to danger, blinds him to overlook his own need, the kind of double-edged sword of humane traits that could cut him deep and never heal. For his empathy often leaves him exposed to the very fragility he seeks to shield from others. Through all challenges and discovery, he remains stand out as an unbreakable flesh of a body, a rushing beat of a heart that enlivens every dying hopes, a quiet observer that brings the intensity of a thousand storms.

My beautiful magnolia.

I will definitely come and get that.

My wife is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my life. Look at all the flaws she doesn't have.