From This Moment On . . . Nothing Else Matters

Today is our six year wedding anniversary. Last year we went all out. Big fancy restaurant, brand new wedding ring, lots of presents, lots of surprises. We had hit the five year mark. But celebrating year six has been calm. Watching old episodes of Lost, reminiscing over Top Ramen, and sleeping in. And so far, it's still so good.

There's very little I can do to top my present to Matt last year, which was a post I wrote on my blog.

Dear Matt,

I love you.

Still.

 

Thank you for your warm snuggles.

Thank you for adoring me always. Even when I'm sick, when I wear sweat pants, when I think I look horrible, when I'm angry, when I'm hormonal, when I'm rude and obnoxious, and when I'm not loving you enough.

Thank you for doing everything you can to be my protector, my priesthood, my ever loving eternal companion.

Thank you for looking out for me. For catching me when I fall (literally), for hugging me when I'm stressed, for kissing my aches and pains, and for watching me when I need an extra set of eyes, and offering help when I need an extra set of hands.

Thank you for your sweet kisses.

Thank you for the tingles you put through my spine.

I love you for being good with children, and for being the future father of my own children.

I love you for appreciating everything I do, even all of my imperfections and my mediocrity.

I love you for eating anything I make for you, and for loving it!

Even if it's sometimes questionable.

Thank you for that first dance at our wedding. Thank you for the countless dances you took me to in High School, at Church, and for the dances we've shared under the stars and in the kitchen.

Thank you for making me laugh, every single day. You are the joy in my life.

Thank you for making me smile. With your jokes, your gentle touch, your sweet words, your romantic gestures, your endless effort, and your own smile.

Thank you for being everything to me.

Did I mention the kisses?

Thank you for sticking by my side through the rough weather. Thank you for supporting me during all my strange ideas, during my constant changing plans, through my emotional outbursts and my overwhelming days.

Thank you for never letting go of my hand.

And the kisses . . . .

Oh the kisses!

Thank you for sharing eternity with me. 

For being my other mortal half, my other celestial half. 

My love at first sight. 

For being the lion to my lamb.  

For being the bread to my butter. The breath of my life. 

The From this moment on, nothing else matters . . . forever and ever babe . . . . time and all eternity.

I love you Matt -- Happy Anniversary.