Behind the Fame

Love to Last a Lifetime

Sara

15 years have passed since Jessica and I have been together but I still wake up with jitters down my spine knowing that a pair of blue eyes are looking at me with so much love.

Yes, we'd still have all those arguments couples have, but the day never end without us making up and making out. Who would have thought that sex at 45 would still be as mind blowing when you do it with the one you love?

Time really flies so fast and I am not prepared for today's events. Today, our home will have two empty rooms, those that belong to Luke and Sofia. Luke, who has gotten Jessica's brains have skipped several grade levels and because of that, at only 18 years old, is now being invited to John Hopkins to start his residency there. He has always been fascinated with children and medicine so he is in Pediatric Surgery.

Sofia, who apparently adapted Luke's study habits, who used to hate school when she was in elementary, is now enjoying the fruit of her hard work and has managed to skip two years in high school and at only 16, is now entering her first year as a Philosophy student at Princeton.

Although The two older children are in two different states, Jessica and I are a little bit relieved as Maryland and New Jersey are not as far from each other and Luke promised to check on his sister as often as he could. Besides, those two has always had an unbreakable bond and they've always looked out for each other.

Matteo, who is now 14, is in grade 11. Yup, he also skipped a few years in school. It's amazing how Luke can influence his siblings' study habits. Matteo has always been the kind whose curiosity never stops. Learning is something he breaths. You will never catch him without questions of why and how and would always have a book under his nose. He said he is really interested in how the human mind works and would like to either study Neurology or Psychology. Sofia as always been the biggest influence in his life so he is aiming to be accepted in Princeton too when his time comes.

Now the twins. They are so different but so much alike. At 10, they have already settled on their own personalities, interests, and style. Savannah, being the elder of the two, is soft spoken, like her Mommy. She is the giver and always understanding. She's a neat freak and hates everything dirty. The only dirt she can handle is when she and Jessica bakes in the kitchen, flours smudging their faces. She loves to sing but hates dancing. When she grows up, she said, she wants to make a difference in the world and so she wants to be able to cure the world from all diseases and has her eye on Harvard.

Willow, knowing she's the youngest, takes advantage of that fact. She gets away with everything! She plays rough and enjoys running around and wrestle with her siblings. She does not mind getting her hands and feet on the mud when it rains. She hates baking and cooking but boy she is an eater. She eats like her Mommy, having an appetite of that of a lion. She can talk 1000 words in just a split of a second and only ice cream can shut that girl's mouth. While Savannah loves singing, Willow loves dancing. Just like her twin, she dreams of making a difference in society but instead of going the medical route like Savannah and Luke, she wants to go the political route, with Cambridge as her choice of school.

Jessica and I are so blessed to have very talented, motivated, determined, uber smart children. Despite the occasional whining and slopping from Sofia mostly or Willow, they still push themselves and to do better. We sometimes think that the wining are just so they can get our attention towards them.

One of the many things we will miss, now that, in just a few hours, our two eldest are leaving the nest, is that, despite how old they are already, they still find themselves sneaking in our room to lie down and cuddle. Neither of the older ones complain when we show our affections to them in front of their girlfriends. Yes, both Luke and Sofia have girlfriends and we love them. They accept our kids with no hesitations, they respect us and our rules. They love and adore the younger kids. As Sofia would say, 'We don't need to change who and how we are as a family just so our potential girlfriends would accept us. This is how we love each other. We are a family full of affection and if our future partners cannot stand that then it's their loss, not ours,'