You are simply the best thing in my life,

And that’s the reason I made you my wife,

But it is not the reason I stay with you.

I do not stay for the what but the who.

Who you are is what astonishes me.

Who you are is what has shown love to me.

Who you are is what picks me up when I’m down.

Who you are is what makes me cry when you frown.

Who you are is what is God’s Gift to me.

Who you are is what is the best part of me.

These are the reasons that I stay with you.

The reasons that I will always love you.

– Written for my wife of nine years on January 29, 2000