As Ben and I celebrate three years together (and a great three years at that!), I remind myself exactly what it is I love about him and exactly why I love it. Uncharacteristically, my thoughts took the form of a poem, but it's really just my way of saying:
THANK YOU, BENJAMIN AARON ROTHWELL!!!!
Thank you for offering an eager set of ears.
Relishing
in my nonsensical words
Asking
for more, and showing the world
Thank you for challenging me to become more than I am.
Repainting
my view ‘til it’s brilliant and better
Giving
me light when I might want to be darker
Thank you for adopting my dreams as your own.
Lifting
me up when I can’t get any higher
Saying,
“I believe in you now and forever”
Thank you for
watching me with those almost-black eyes.
Disregarding
all else to see me for me
Pretense
all gone - just faith and belief
Thank you for loving my voice, small as it is.
Singing
or speaking, you want to hear
You
know it matters, that it’s something to share
Thank you for patience, thank you for grace.
I won’t find the same kind in any other place.
Thank you for silence, thank you for noise.
The harmony is perfect, simple, and poised.
Thank you for fighting, thank you for peace.
You conquered it all, all just for me.
Thank you for praying, thank you for leading.
I can’t say it enough; it’s just what I needed.
Thank you for honesty, thank you for heart.
That’s what I wished for from the very start.
