you are my solid ground

torn between wanting you to propose tomorrow and wanting to savor every second of every phase of our lives together so wanting to date for as long as possible

Disagreements and misunderstandings and arguments aren't scary with you, because there's never a doubt in my mind that you love me and that we're going to be okay. These things are just part of growing together, so they don't have to frighten me. You're not going anywhere, and a little conflict every once in a while isn't changing that. Thank you for making me feel safe, even in the hard moments.

I've been wanting to live with you for so long now, so hearing you talk about living with me not as an 'if' but as a 'when' makes my heart sing. You make my heart sing.

I love making the bed with you every morning. Let's do that forever, okay?

Beg me to stay in bed with you when we wake up in the morning. Hold me close and hold me tight so I forget everything I have to do that day. Wake up next to me and don't let go.

I wish I could protect you. I wish I could take the hard things away. I wish you never had to go through this experience, that you went through life free of this sort of pain. But I can make peace with knowing that I held your hand and was a listening ear through it, that I stayed with you when you felt scared and broken. That, despite everything, I loved you.

I love watching our relationship grow and flourish as it continues. I am trusting in the positive power of communication and the good it can bring, even when it's scary. I am trusting in myself to be an understanding partner, and in you, to give me the same understanding.

I'm almost okay with all the pain I endured in the past, because it made me more able to understand you and more completely love you. I'd endure it again if it meant making you finally feel understood.

I don't tell you I love you out of habit or to make conversation; I say it to remind you that you're one of the best things to ever happen to me.

I thought I was crazy when we'd only been together a month and I was already thinking that I wanna marry you. Now that we've been together for so much longer, I know I wasn't crazy; I could just feel that our souls are meant to be together.

I love you I love you I love you. I love you when things are hard. I love you when things are blissfully easy. I love you when we argue. I love you when we can't stop laughing at a stupid joke. I love you when you do something that upsets me. I love you when we dance badly in my kitchen while making dinner. The situation doesn't matter because it doesn't change anything. I love you I love you I love you.

Yesterday I made an offhand comment about you and I in six months, and neither of us gave it a second thought. We both just know that we'll still be here, together, when September rolls around. How wonderful to be so secure and comfortable that there's not any question or doubt about that.