I thought you might like to know that I’m still in love with you. I still dream about you and yearn for you. Your smile warms my heart and your voice sooths my pains. To know I’ll spend the rest of my life with you fills me with joy. To have you share your life with me is an unbelievable reward for someone as undeserving as I.

While others dream of contentment and yearn for happiness, I can honestly say I’ve found it in you. I have sorrow in my heart for other men who notice your beauty, but will live their lives without knowing your kindness. Others may dream of your tenderness, but will always have but a dream. I once dreamed of tasting the sweetness of your lips. For me that dream came true. I’m not ashamed that to say I still dream about you. I’m just very proud to say that I’m living a dream with you.

To know your warmth, kindness and compassion and to revel in it every day of my life is more than I ever dreamed of. To have children with you and share our aspirations and hopes for their lives are things that were once unimaginable for me. I’m still amazed when I look into their eyes and see the beauty of your heart staring back at me. When I feel the touch of their hands, my heart rejoices because I feel I’ve been touched by a part of you.

On dark nights, when I’m lying in bed alone, it’s your warmth that cradles me and beckons me to dream. It’s your smell that draws me from sleep to life. It’s your eyes that see the way when mine are covered by darkness. You are my protector when I sleep, my comfort when I’m weary and my witness when I doubt the conviction of my heart. Yes, it’s you that I lean on when I’m struggling with despair and you that humbles me when I’m haughty. You are the keel that steadies my life and it’s you that enables me to be everything I dream of being. Everything I dream of being is for you.

Oh, I’ve aged and lost many of the signs of youth I once had. I’m not as tall as I once was, not as bright as I once thought nor as clever as I once imagined either, but I’m still very confident that I’m married to the most beautiful and loving woman on earth. In my eyes you are timeless. Your beauty today is no less than it was when I first saw you. Your smile still sparkles with excitement. Your eyes still twinkle with wonderment and mystery. Much like the stars at night, the twinkle of your eyes is enchanting.

When I’m weary of contentment, you add spice to our lives. When I’m complacent with romance, you charm my heart. When I’m tired of the race, you remind me of the joy of running. Above all the other things you do for me, you love me. Why I’ve been blessed to be loved and to be able to love is beyond me, but I want you to know that I am grateful. If I had to tell someone what true love is, all I could do, would be to tell them about you.

Surely time will pass and one day I’ll be called home. When that time comes and when I stand before God for the first time, I’ll thank him for sending you to me. I’ll thank him for caring so much that he blessed me and chose me to spend my life with you. While my voice may not charm even the most desperate of ears, that day I’ll sing God’s praises and while I sing I’ll have you in my heart. Until that day comes, I’ll love and honor you with everything in my life.

I just want you to know, I still love you.