Anniversary letter for your wife

Letter · Wife

My love, Happy anniversary. I wanted to write this down instead of saying it over dinner, because the important things always come out wrong when I say them out loud, and you deserve to have them in a form you can keep. When we got married, I thought I knew what love was. I thought it was the flutter in my chest when you walked toward me, the vows, the dancing, the cake. Those things were real, but they were only the beginning. Love turned out to be you sitting up with me when I couldn't sleep, you handing me tea without asking, you laughing at the same joke for the hundredth time because you know it makes me happy. You have made me braver. You have made me softer. You have made me laugh on days I thought nothing could. Every good thing in our life has your fingerprints on it. I don't know exactly what the coming years will bring, but I know I want to face all of it with you. Thank you for choosing me, and for choosing me again every morning. Forever yours,

Wedding anniversary · 188 words · 1 min read

Letter · Wife

To my beautiful wife, Twenty-five years. I keep saying the number out loud because it doesn't feel possible. It feels like last summer that I watched you walk toward me in that dress, trying not to cry and failing completely. Since then we have lived a whole life together. We have moved four times, raised children who now roll their eyes at our dancing, said goodbye to people we loved and welcomed new ones into our family. We have had years that felt easy and years that tested every promise we made. Through all of them, you have been my anchor. What I love most is how we have grown together rather than apart. You are not the same woman I married, and I am not the same person either. We are better: wiser about each other, quicker to forgive, slower to anger and far more grateful for the ordinary days. Thank you for twenty-five years of your patience, your humor and your enormous heart. I hope we get twenty-five more, and that I spend every one of them making you feel as loved as you have made me feel. Yours, today and always,

Wedding anniversary · 194 words · 1 min read

Letter · Wife

My darling, Happy first anniversary! One year ago we stood in front of everyone we love and made promises that felt enormous. Today I can report that marriage is going even better than I hoped, apart from the ongoing debate about how to load the dishwasher. This year taught me so much about you. I learned that you sing when you think no one is listening, that you can't fall asleep without one foot outside the covers, and that you get quiet when you are worried instead of loud. I learned that you are even more thoughtful than I realized, because you remember things I said months ago and turn them into little surprises. Most of all, I learned that being married to you feels like being on the same team every single day. Whatever happens, I know you are in my corner, and I hope you always know I am in yours. Here's to our first year, and to every year still waiting for us. I love you more today than I did at the altar, and that is saying something. All my love, always,

Wedding anniversary · 186 words · 1 min read