it’s let’s just be friends but I love you
it’s I can’t believe you would date her and I’m crazy jealous but don’t know why
it’s weak knees and a proposal
it’s trading in a motorcycle for an oval cut diamond
it’s rolling pennies and grad school apartments
it’s you getting me through Russian class and afternoon naps
it’s a bullet lodged in a floor joist that’s only funny in retrospect “I hope you didn’t kill Collin”
it’s longing for a home of our own and missing the gift of late nights and late mornings
it’s our first home, walking through Lowe’s holding hands
it’s that dark place and long journey over seas
it’s brokeness and the love that allows me to endure
it’s that first morning we found out we were going to be parents
it’s meeting the wonder that is our daughter and you singing her to sleep
it’s building a house and laying the entire wood floor in a weekend
it’s praying, waiting and holding our healthy son
it’s selling that house while commuting and having two crazy messy little people
it’s moving into a home long prayed for and needing much TLC
it’s hosting that third birthday party with exposed wiring because we just can’t live with a drop ceiling
it’s a text that makes me laugh out loud at work and can you pick up light bulbs and shampoo after work
it’s U2 sound track and date nights that end at nine because we’re just so very tired
it’s you’re on for homework and I’ll do the dishes
it’s that and a million more minuet and wonderful things
the next 50 will be even better…..
happy anniversary sweet, sweet Joey
your love is more than I deserve
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Wow! How lucky you both are & even more so because you know it. Congratulations! I’m very proud to know & love you both.
Thanks! I learned from the best example!