To You: To You

I won’t start out with thank you, as I’ve thanked you many times. 
I won’t start out with I love you, though you know I do in every way. 
Instead, I want you to know I am happy for your patience, for your time you spend with me. 
I am happy for your smiles, and the tears you’ve shed at my side. 
I’m at peace in your arms, as you snuggle close at night, and I’m eagerly awaiting your return at each night. 
As you work for both our futures, and you work to earn our meals, 
I am wondering and amazed at all your perseverance, and your dedication to our goals. 
I am blessed by all your kindness, and I am alive because of you. 
While we struggle at times as any couple does, we get through it together, because you work with me in kind, 
and we make ourselves both stronger, then we thought we ever would. 
I am able to be careful, to be relieved, and to be glad, because meeting you and keeping you, is the best thing I’ve ever had.