The first thing I noticed about Yaara was her huge smile. Yaara’s smile warms rooms and her caring heart brings everyone together. She is incredibly quick to laugh, never says a bad word, and always sees the world in a positive light. Yaara is a caring, nurturing, and patient mother who showers our son, Eli, with love every day making him the center of her universe.

No one puts family first more than Yaara. When her parents were coming to visit us in San Francisco, there was never a question that they would stay anywhere but with us in our small one-bedroom apartment - for three weeks!

Speaking of both of our families, we moved to Indiana to be closer to my family. While I worked, Yaara would take Eli to my parents and grandmother's houses so that my family would have regular family visits - while they were quarantining during COVID-19. To Yaara, it was incredibly natural and quick to “adopt” my family as her own.

There are so many great things I can say about Yaara as a wonderful mother and life partner it is actually hard to not write many pages. However, I’ll end by saying that I wake up every morning feeling blessed to get to live my life with Yaara.