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To Anne … LoveUbecause … you are my Valentine
To Anne … LoveUbecause … you are my Valentine
So I must say, I have resisted a little, writing anything for Valentine’s Day, not because I don’t think it is a great idea to have a day set aside to celebrate the love we have and share with that someone special, but rather because I hoped that LoveUbecause would be a place where we could do that every day of the year.
But the truth is, I would be remiss to ignore the occasion, never mind undoubtedly put a little arrow in the heart of the one I truly love, were I not to comment - and that would definitely not be in the spirit of things. So here I sit late on Valentine’s Eve, tap, tap typing to the rhythm of what has made my relationship with “my beloved” thrive for some thirty years now.
Thirty years! Gone seemingly in a heart beat, fleeting moments, cherished memories, romantic dinners, little children, moonlight strolls, special holidays - come and gone like tomorrow was already yesterday, with an ease to be appreciated, and with a humility that only the relentless march of time can offer. It has been an enviable adventure!
Not that life has not had it share of ups and downs - most of which, I wouldn’t wanted to have missed - for the good, the not so good, and always for the experience to live and learn. Yes, life has issued its share of bumps and bruises, but for the most part it would be dishonest not to say many were of my own making – pushing some limits that perhaps had better been coddled, figuratively, and occasionally literally, sticking my chin out when there was a fist, or foot in flight and daring to try to live my dreams, when the unacquainted had little resolve to make them happen, or more kindly, perhaps just flooded with too many other dreamers with which to contend, and thus helpless to see them all through – but then that is the lot of the artist, writer and musician – success, vainly measured on an immeasurable stick of life, where really you must be content to have painted, sung, written and played, as the satisfaction of the performance and the appreciation of any audience is the true measure of the worth!
So my Valentine, “how do I love thee? Let me count the ways …”, yes I could offer a verse, but I think you already know. It would be for our children you have borne, the joy that we have lived, the hand to hold, the shoulder on which to lean and the anticipation of many more years, love and memories to come!
But wait - tap, tap, tap – it is that rhythm again - the sometimes awkward clack, click and rattle of me “marching to the beat of my own drummer”, as they say - you give the gift that many do not know - that many do not comprehend – you give me the gift of allowing me to be me – you never said “oh, maybe he will change - hopefully he will change “. You love me for who I am, and love me for travelling my own road - bumps and all - and I love you for that, more than I can ever hope to say. And as a writer, artist, your husband and more importantly, a human being what more could I ever really ask for?
Loving you always … your Valentine,
“A” the “O” in L
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