28 Years

At the 14 year mark, I mentioned that it was just a small piece of the lifetime we have left together. Well, we've doubled that now and I still feel the same way. We may not have a perfect marriage, but we are perfect for each other. You complement me in ways that I wouldn't have even considered when I told you “yes” all those Tuesdays ago sitting at the stop light in Bentleyville. And though I wish that particular night had played out just a bit differently, the outcome would have been exactly the same and it has remained unchanged since that night. And, as far as I'm concerned, it never has to change and I know it never will.

28 years ago, it was a Tuesday and it is a Tuesday again with roughly 456 Tuesdays in-between.

28 years and it is starting to take almost that long to prep for these lists.

28 years is creeping up on three decades and it is hard to reconcile that passage of time.

28 years is older than musicians Camila Cabello, H.E.R., and Finneas O'Connell though we don't have 14 Grammy nominations and eight trophies for our time.

28 years and my love for you is absolutely undimmed through the years.

28 years by my side and in my heart.

28 years seeing life through your eyes and enjoying it immensely.

28 years and no matter what language you want to say it in, it is love.

28 years and circumstances brought our family even closer together this year.

28 years of mixing, matching, and making up when necessary.

28 years and though our paths cross, intersect, diverge, and rejoin with others, we've walked the same one together.

28 years and our oldest is ready to drive?!?

28 years would have likely seen a mini vacation for our anniversary, but our staycation will be just as special.

28 years with our two hearts intertwined and beating as one.

28 years and even though our wedding vows weren't spoken that day, we've certainly lived as though they were.

28 years and even though we hit the female teenage years next year officially, I think we've been living through them for the past 28.

28 years proving that together we will overcome any challenge.

28 years of ups, downs, and even some weird sideways stuff we've always come out on top.

28 years of our own fairy tale because we're way past "Once upon a time," but still living "Happily ever after."

28 years and though not everything may go according to plan, we can always plan on each other.

28 years and our youngest is now double digits.

28 years though we haven't been able to completely carry on traditions exactly, we've adapted really well.

28 years and I can't imagine any of the 10,227 days without you.

28 years of still getting that little rush when I see you.

28 years of aged experience falling in love over and over.

28 years of being the other half to a relationship I couldn't live without.

28 years and still willing to try new things and laugh with each other when they don't quite work as planned.

28 years and who knows how many more to come.

I love you now Teresa more than I loved you then and I'll love you more tomorrow than I do today.

"Now I understand. You've always been the one who stood out from the crowd, you're my inspiration."

"You could have done something, but you didn't try. You didn't do nothing. You let her walk by."

"We mighta took the long way. We knew we'd get there someday."

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