A letter to my husband for our 10th anniversary
Posted 07-17-2007 at 04:59 PM by marsha1963
July 19, 2007
Dear Honey...
I remember a time in my life when I honestly thought happiness was only intended for other people. I'd resigned myself to the fact that I was just supposed to spend my life alone. It's not what I wanted for myself, but it's all I knew and I didn't see anything better when I looked down the road my life was headed.
Buying a computer was probably the smartest thing I ever did. It is, afterall, where I met you. I guess the only thing that could have been better about that experience would have been if AOL hadn't been charging by the minute. But we spent hours chatting in spite of that. First in that country music chatroom, then eventually just through IM's. Then we discovered the telephone (and we thought AOL was expensive).
A lot of people thought it was strange how we met. But to me it always felt normal, it just felt right. I think getting to know you through your words let me fall in love with your heart before I even knew anything else about you. You learn so much when you listen with your heart first. I loved you before I ever saw you face to face. You were then, and will always be, such a truly beautiful, wonderful person.
What started out as a friendship, grew stronger with each passing day. Even when I was seeing someone, he knew... he always knew my heart was elsewhere. That was probably part of the reason he didn't treat me better, he always knew we were going nowhere. He wasn't making me happy, and I was making him miserable... just because he was not you. The heart wants what the heart wants I guess.
We overcame a lot. An 800 mile distance gap was one big obstacle. But you packed up everything and came to me. You'll never know how special that made me feel. And then our wedding day, I kept asking if you were there (since nobody would let me go see ... some nonsense about bad luck), and I found myself a little surprised when they actually told me that you were there. I think part of me thought I was either dreaming, or you were going to change your mind. But we actually got through the ceremony, you really said "I do". That's why that picture of us in the truck right after the ceremony is one of the best pictures I've ever taken. I was truly happier than I had ever been before.
So, here we are baby... 10 years later. We've never had a fight, never done things to each other that we'd regret later, and never gone a day without saying "I love you". Pretty incredible isn't it? I love you more today than I loved you the day I married you, and I never thought that was possible. But my love for you only continues to grow. I can't even imagine how intense the love will be at 20 years.
Happy anniversary sweetheart. Thank you for being you!
I love you,
Marsha
Dear Honey...
I remember a time in my life when I honestly thought happiness was only intended for other people. I'd resigned myself to the fact that I was just supposed to spend my life alone. It's not what I wanted for myself, but it's all I knew and I didn't see anything better when I looked down the road my life was headed.
Buying a computer was probably the smartest thing I ever did. It is, afterall, where I met you. I guess the only thing that could have been better about that experience would have been if AOL hadn't been charging by the minute. But we spent hours chatting in spite of that. First in that country music chatroom, then eventually just through IM's. Then we discovered the telephone (and we thought AOL was expensive).
A lot of people thought it was strange how we met. But to me it always felt normal, it just felt right. I think getting to know you through your words let me fall in love with your heart before I even knew anything else about you. You learn so much when you listen with your heart first. I loved you before I ever saw you face to face. You were then, and will always be, such a truly beautiful, wonderful person.
What started out as a friendship, grew stronger with each passing day. Even when I was seeing someone, he knew... he always knew my heart was elsewhere. That was probably part of the reason he didn't treat me better, he always knew we were going nowhere. He wasn't making me happy, and I was making him miserable... just because he was not you. The heart wants what the heart wants I guess.
We overcame a lot. An 800 mile distance gap was one big obstacle. But you packed up everything and came to me. You'll never know how special that made me feel. And then our wedding day, I kept asking if you were there (since nobody would let me go see ... some nonsense about bad luck), and I found myself a little surprised when they actually told me that you were there. I think part of me thought I was either dreaming, or you were going to change your mind. But we actually got through the ceremony, you really said "I do". That's why that picture of us in the truck right after the ceremony is one of the best pictures I've ever taken. I was truly happier than I had ever been before.
So, here we are baby... 10 years later. We've never had a fight, never done things to each other that we'd regret later, and never gone a day without saying "I love you". Pretty incredible isn't it? I love you more today than I loved you the day I married you, and I never thought that was possible. But my love for you only continues to grow. I can't even imagine how intense the love will be at 20 years.
Happy anniversary sweetheart. Thank you for being you!
I love you,
Marsha
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