I wish I could explain all the wonderful things you do for me in such a short letter. Things that aren’t seen by the naked eye. Things that on the surface, and even deep down, can’t be simply explained. I was heartbroken, lost, and about done until the day I looked you right in the face. You didn’t know it then, but for the next ten months, you kept me going, and gave me hope for the future I’d always dreamed of.

Fast forward a year and I’m more crazy about you than ever. The only difference is that now I call you mine. You were there for the bad nights. You were there for the times I almost went way off the deep end. You were there to watch me cry. Somehow, someway, you still accepted all of this and said that you’d love nothing more than call me yours as well. You finished the words that I had trouble saying, and from then on you have taken my heart with you wherever you have gone.

It’s a struggle, I know, sometimes to deal with me. To calm me through the anxiety, lift me up when I’m feeling down, listen to me talk about the years I wish I could forget. Yet, you haven’t left my side. You haven’t thrown in the towel. Instead, you’ve taken all of these flaws and turned them into something wonderful. You’ve taken a hard-headed, short fused, big hearted man and used them as lessons in life and love. I never thought it was possible for the racing thoughts that roll through my head to be accepted, and I never thought someone could love me more for having them.

In a few days, I’ll have to leave you again, and I know that it’ll be hard. Even before we became “us”, you were my best friend, and it hurts to not be able to at least hear your voice and see your face once a day. But, I know it’ll all be worth it. I know that each day when I wake up you’ll still be there, right by my side, fighting through the hours until we see each other again. I know that you’ll still love me and that I’ll still love you.

So my dear, thank you for saving my heart. Thank you for bringing me back from the darkest point that I have ever experienced. Thank you for believing in me, and for believing in us. I don’t doubt that at times it’ll be hard, but I know we will get through it all and always have each other. I know that you’ll continue to grow me as a man, and do anything it takes to continue on our journey together. Thank you for being you, and loving me for being me.

Love Always,