What is the significance of 100 days? 

It is 27.39% of a year, it’s 8 days shy of how long a lion takes to be born, if you lived on Mercury you would already by 14% through a second year. Most seasons will have come and gone in 100 days and at normal electricity demand ~2.6 billion gallons of water will have passed through the Hoover dam. It’s 2,400 hours, 144,000 minutes, and 8,640,000 seconds. 

For us, it is a monumentally important milestone where our miracle of a son proved that through grit, strength, love, stamina, and god we can achieve great things. In the face of seemingly insurmountable odds and with the absolute love and dedication of those around him Rome has worked through more pain and challenge in 1 year than most people will in an entire lifetime. 

How thankful we are for these 100 days. For every smile, every smooch, and every snuggle. He is a miracle of a boy, one we are so blessed to have been entrusted to care for. Great work my son, I can’t wait to see what you can accomplish. 

A special thanks to my wife who has borne the brunt of our family’s support. You likely wouldn’t believe me if I catalogued all of the things she has sacrificed and experienced in the last year, but please trust me when I say this … she is the epitome of grace, elegance, and strength … even when all seems lost, she gets us through. I’m honored to be your husband.