Undercover for 17 years

 We have been together for 17 years this year. I am sure I loved you even before I knew you. The first night that we spent together was under this blanket I believe.

We may be more worn and frayed ourselves than we were in those days, but I believe we are still just as warm. 

I think the years look good on us. In the last 17 years we wrote our own shorthand vocabulary. We learned how to live together and what we value most. 

We have had 17 years of morning coffee and goodnight kisses. So many hours spent in the warm sunlight of the back porch. 

So much time sitting quietly together and just feeling at home in ourselves. 

I love you honey. These years with you and the ones we are facing together are the best life I could have imagined.