17 Years

17 Years

17 years side by side
17 years never once second guessing my decision
17 years grounded in a life of love
17 years of a relationship between Stanley Cups
17 years living around the city we've chosen as home
17 years of making new friends while keeping old friends
17 years playing together
17 years of pictures of our lives
17 years now with two beautiful children (and counting?)
17 years pretending our respective families aren't crazy, but knowing that they really are
17 years wondering how two people seemingly so incompatible on the surface can fit so perfectly
17 years of shorthand relationship notes
17 years of aging and changing...for the better
17 years of watching the world change around us, knowing in our hearts our love will never change
17 years of secrets only we'll ever know
17 years and yes, you are still the one
17 years knowing I could spend 17 lifetimes with you

For 17 years we've watched the world go by safe and secure in the knowledge that whatever else was going on, it wasn't going to touch us. Our foundation has only strengthened over those years and will continue to do so for the next 17 years and beyond.

I love you more today than I ever thought was possible 17 years ago, but now I know that our love knows no bounds.

Between now and then til I see you again I'll be loving you Love, me