The last 12 months have now become wonderful chapters of my life. I am lucky to have you in my life. Fill up each day with more wonderful memories to make the chapter worth looking back at when we get old.
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Most people get married believing a myth that marriage is beautiful box full of all the things they have longed for; companionship, intimacy, friendship etc …
The truth is, marriage at the start is an empty box, you must put something in before you can take anything out. There is no love in marriage, love is in people, and people put love in marriage. There is no romance in marriage, you have to infuse it into your marriage. A couple must learn the art, and form the habit of giving, loving, serving, praising, of keeping the box full. If you take out more than you put in, the box will be empty.
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“Girls are like apples…the best ones are at the top of the trees. The boys don’t want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten apples that are on the ground that aren’t as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think there is something wrong with them, when, in reality, they are amazing. They just have to wait for the right boy to come along, the one who’s brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree…”
I am glad you were brave enough to climb to the top.
I remember when you gave me that cinnamon-scented apple back 2002. Not sure why I held onto it after we went our separate ways in 2005 … holding onto a piece of you I guess. I liked your reaction after we reunited in 2009 and you saw I still had it. A little reminder that I never stopped thinking of you. (It stills smells like cinnamon.)
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Things are different now. No other eyes are as captivating. No other smile is as contagious.
No one else’s words are as reassuring. No other arms are as comforting. I don’t get butterflies at the thought of anyone else.
When another walks by, I no longer give a second look. It’s like no one else exists; no one but you. They say that “love is blind;” and if anything, I’m only blind to everyone else.
Seeing through the eyes of love is like seeing under a microscope. I see things in you that I could never see in others. Each little quirk, story, and moment with you are like the cells that make you who you are to me. It’s as though I’ve discovered something for the very first time, and now that I know of its existence I can’t imagine a world without.
As I learn about you, I am also learning about myself. I’ve never felt like I quite belonged in this world until now. Until I had someone to walk beside me, encourage me, dream with me.
I smile at the thought of you. I am sad at thought of being away from you.
Things are different now. A few years ago I never thought this would happen. I had given up hope. But here you are… my love, my happiness, my future.
Things are different now. I love you.
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