✨ For Deana ✨

You were my first miracle, the moment the world tilted toward the light, the breath that made your mom and me parents, the brightest beginning I ever knew.

From the start, sincerity lived in you a warmth that settles rooms, a steadiness that lifts others, a grace that never needs to announce itself.

Numbers bend to your will, logic dances at your fingertips. a quiet wizardry you carry with effortless brilliance.

And Baltimore knows your worth. Its finest teacher, its patient guide, its champion of young minds. you give the city more than it can ever repay.

At home, your greatest masterpiece grows: Carson, Chase, and Parker; three talented sons shaped by your strength, your humor, your unwavering heart.

And beside you stands Will, steady, supportive, proud. a partner who sees the lady you are: refined, resilient, a true class act by any measure.

Deana, you are my first joy, my lasting pride, our proof that love can build legacies. We look at the life you’ve made and see everything I hoped for and so much more.

Dad