We have been husband and wife for 46 years.
In all that time, I have never not been in love with you.
I’ve been angry with you,
Confused by you, even hurt by you, but never not in love.
You were the woman I was looking for ever since I started looking.
Beautiful, smart, funny, strong.
Willing to sleep with me… eventually.
If something good happened to me at work,
It wasn’t real until I shared it with you.
If something bad happened,
It was only tolerable because I had you to complain to.
If I heard a funny joke, my first thought was,
I cannot wait to tell you, Eileen.
Then I would get to hear you laugh,
Or you would roll your eyes, and tell me the joke was a stinker.
And we would both laugh.
I honestly do not know how to carry on without you.
But I will because you told me to, in no uncertain terms.