Brett

So have you ever been watching a movie, listening to a song, or reading a book and a super romantic quote is said. You are excited as your love turns to you, and you turn to him with bated breath. With eyes rolling he says, "that is so lame", or "cheesy", or even just an "oh man." You quickly agree and try to hide your own cheesy grin and be cool. All the while you are thinking, "it may be cheesy, but its true." 
Sometimes, if you are lucky, you are quick enough to catch his own sappy smirk and bright eyes.

This is dedicated to my love, Brett.



Brett,

"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

 I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach "(Elizabeth Barrett Browning). 

I knew so soon after I met you that you were my eternal love. "It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together… and I knew it." – (Tom Hanks, Sleepless In Seattle) 

After our first visit to meet your parents you told me that they felt like when we were together you were yourself. "A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself – to laugh with me, but never at me; to cry with me, but never because of me; to love life, to love himself, to love being loved. Such a relationship is based upon freedom and can never grow in a jealous heart." – (Leo F. Buscaglia)

As the White Stripes said "Every breath that is in your lungs is a tiny gift to me."

You make me feel special. You make me feel safe. "You make me feel like dancing." (Leo Sayer) :)

"As Good as it Gets"

"I might be the only one who appreciates how amazing you are in every single thing that you do....and that I get it makes me feel good about me." (As Good as it Gets)

One of the best complements I have received on our marriage was this past summer from your brother Ken. He said something like, but not exactly, this: "Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades. You can depend so much on certain people; you can set your watch by them. And that’s love, even if it doesn’t seem very exciting." – Sylvester Stallone . He commented that we are fiercely loyal to each other. Thank you. We are. 

"I belong with you, you belong with me, You're my sweetheart. " (the Lumineers, "Ho Hey")

He is more myself then I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. Emily Bronte

I knew you loved me when you played "All I want is You" (U2) on the guitar when we were dating. Or when we cried together over "This woman's work" (Kate Bush, "She's having a Baby") when I was pregnant with Olivia. I loved you when you would rock Olivia to sleep and sing " A long, long time ago. I can still remember how that music used to make me smile..." (American Pie, Don Mclean). And I wish we had music playing when you carried me after I broke my leg. Our life has its own soundtrack. 

"Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than I am

Bigger and stronger too

Maybe

But none of them

Will ever love you the way I do

It's me and you"

(Randy Newman)

"It doesn’t matter if the guy is perfect or the girl is perfect, as long as they are perfect for each other." (Good Will Hunting)

You're my best friend. My hero. You make me smile, and help me stretch and grow. You make me feel beautiful.

I love you. Most ardently. (Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice)

Jessica

"Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love." (William Shakespeare)