Man... this is going to work.

[im_still_sleepy]

They're all wrong. Everyone's wrong. I've said it once, and I'll say it again. You don't know her like I do. You don't know what she's made of, you don't understand the way she makes me feel, and I see now that I make her feel the same way. I don't know how, or why, but I do.

I'm the luckiest man alive. I have no doubt in my mind as to this. It's not infatuation, it's not mindlessness. I think about her, and I just have no doubts. It's unlike anything I've ever felt before.

So to you naysayers out there, those who say I'm asking too much, those who say she's too young. Those who say I'm just setting myself up to get hurt. You're wrong.

I'm not saying this is definitely going to work. I'm saying, though, that it can. And I think it will. There's just no reason why it wouldn't. Of course there are a million reasons all of you see why it wouldn't. And they all start with "she's 16," which I won't argue with.

I've said it from the start. She's older than her age. She's smarter than her age. I wouldn't have ever grown to be her friend if that weren't true.

This can work. I see that now. So all of you, wish us luck. You've all said your piece, and I'm tired of hearing it. You don't know her like I do, and you don't know me as well as you think you do.

I'm amazed. Flat out, hands down. I'm amazed.