On this day last year, everything changed. After five years of friendship, of growing close, of understanding each other in ways words couldn't capture, we entered into something our hearts and bodies and minds were longing for. You have made such a big impact on my life it just didn't make sense for it to be any other way.
For five years, love had been growing quietly through philosophical discussions, traveling together, hard conversations, open talks, jumping around like kids, cooking together, quiet sauna talks, just enjoying life's little details, showing the world the best friendship, and even in simply listening to your footsteps across the door. All those moments were already love. We just hadn't named it yet.
Somehow, before we ever said it out loud,
my heart already knew you.
Since then, you have become my calm in chaos, my warmth in distance, and my home across continents.
Thank you for choosing me. Thank you for your patience, your softness, your fire. Thank you for believing in us even when things are complicated.
If I could promise you only one thing, it would be this: I will fight for us again and again and again.