I know a lot of people were invested in what was one of the older "circus couples", although this wasn't merely a "circus relationship". We weren't in it merely for the short-term. I'd like to explain why I broke up with him last month on New Years Day when 24 hours earlier I was perfectly happy and in love with my soul-mate and best friend. (yes, it's my party and I'll cry if I want to)
I met Devan Lambert in Chicago when the circus came through town. I found him at an online site. We met when he picked me up in his car at the United Center after a gig. We've been inseparable ever since. Well, first we did the long-distance thing for six months before he got a job driving a utility van doing the circus Purchasing job.
He's been on the road with me for five years. We were together continuously and without interruption for that time. Even when he was at home in Chicago in 2009 for four months for personal reasons we were still very much a couple, or so I thought. On January [...]