Notes to My Wife
It's the little things that really matter.
I adore that if I tell you “I love you”, you don’t say “I love you too”. You say “I love you.” I’m probably reading too much into it, but instead of cheapening your reply by making it clear you’re simply reciprocating what I said, you say exactly what I said. It makes me feel like you’re saying to me “I’m all-in, just like you are.”
Though neither of us particularly cares for this completely manufactured holiday, it does make me sit back and count my blessings for having you in my life.
You are my world. Every day; not just one particular one in February.
Today may be your birthday, but for me it’s a reminder of all the time we’ve spent together, and how lucky I am to have you in my life.
From your first birthday celebration when you were still in school, five years ago, when you turned twenty two; getting your brand new car (and being freshly married!) on your twenty fourth, in a new house on your twenty fifth, and now freshly back from Europe on the twenty seventh. It’s been a fantastic ride so far, and I can’t wait to celebrate your next birthday together.
Mine I can wait for though. I’m too close to 30 now. ;)
I love you. Happy Birthday!!
Thank you for a great anniversary day, and night. I don’t know how you’ve put up with me for three years, but I love you even more now than I did then. I can’t wait for the next 3, and hopefully the next 30.
I’m so very proud of you for sticking it out this year at work. I don’t know how hard it’s been on you, but I can guess, and I don’t think I would have had your persistence . I’m thankful it’s over but also so very impressed you handled all the bumps with such grace and poise. Good job :::thumbsup::: ;)
It’s easy to lose sight of how lucky a man I am. I am extremely lucky, and extremely thankful… for you.
A nice surprise is the best way to start the day.
Thank you, honey. :)
Although I feel like our marriage is in great shape, it’s easy to get lost in our routine. I’m so thankful we had the opportunity to go on a small vacation together, just the two of us.
Sometimes we get so caught up doing so much with so many others that I love being reminded how much fun we have, just the two of us.
Thanks for giving me the best Christmas and Chanukah gift ever—time alone with you.
Thanksgiving
Hopefully, I will say this to you repeatedly throughout the day, but I wanted to start early and say that I am so thankful to have you in my life. You are everything I’ve always dreamed my wife would be, and so much more. I love spending time with you and am overjoyed that we have the rest of our lives to continue to do so.
Thank you for being you, for being with me, for putting up with me, for taking care of me, for helping me, for showing me how to be a better me, and for all the things that you haven’t done yet, but I know you will.
I love you.
Happy Thanksgiving!
A Reminder
It’s funny how intrinsically selfish people love to focus negative energy in a relationship—no matter how large or small that negative energy is—on blaming the other person.
However, if one instead focuses that energy on improving the situation, things almost always have a way of righting themselves.
It’s something I’ve known for a long time, but I also need a reminder periodically. Thanks for unintentionally giving me one today.
