23/10/2025
Today’s a little quieter than our usual birthday adventures. No helicopters over the Grand Canyon. No parasailing in Florida. No hiking through Lake Tahoe or watching the sunset from a balcony somewhere near the ocean. Just us, at home, exhaling after what might have been the busiest year of our lives.
This past year, Team Godoyo has exploded in the best possible way. We’ve grown, evolved and stretched in every direction. But the one team member I couldn’t do any of it without is my husband. When I’m still at the kitchen table at 10 p.m. finishing up client work, he’s the one making dinner or quietly refilling my water glass. He takes care of our dogs, handles the random chaos and somehow makes it all look easy. And never complains or makes me feel like he’s not just loving every minute of it. He’s also become the designated driver, and I don’t just mean in life, (though he is that that, too) but the one who’ll drive ten hours straight from North Carolina to Michigan so I can answer emails or hop on a Zoom call.
Normally, we’d be celebrating somewhere else, chasing another view, adding another memory to the list. But this year, we decided to keep it low-key. Maybe that’s the beauty of growing together (and the beauty of an upcoming trip)... learning that the best gifts aren’t always the big, loud adventures. Sometimes, it’s finding new ways to support each other, depending on the stage of life we’re in.
So while today might not come with a plane ticket or a packed suitcase, it comes with something better: gratitude for the man who shows up every single day, in the kitchen, on the road, in the quiet, making sure that both this business and this life keep running and that everyone around him feels loved and important.
Happy birthday, my love. You’re the real MVP of Team Godoyo, and I wouldn’t want to do this wild, beautiful ride with anyone else.
