The vows

My dearest Dana, I am stood here in front of our family and friends and words cannot express to them how much I love you. I knew within a few weeks of meeting you, I loved you. I wanted to tell you, but I was scared because I had never felt real love before. I would tell you how much I cared for you, how special you were, all the while my heart was screaming “I love you”. I also didn’t think you’d feel the same, so I kept it bottled up and concentrated on being the best friend I could to you. Like you, I too was blessed with the most unbelievable and cherished friendship. I mean your goofiness and clumsiness give me ample opportunity to perfect my sarcasm and quick wit. If it weren’t for you, well lets not go there, its just too bad to imagine. Seriously though, every day you touched my heart, as every day the connection between us grew. As a friend you knew everything about me and the fact you still loved me made me ache for you more. You see my whole life people have wanted me for something I could do or give them, but not you. You wanted me for me and not what I could do for you. Through the years I contented myself with our friendship and although I wanted more, your friendship meant the world to me. It wasn’t until I was faced with the reality of losing you, never having the chance to show you just how much I loved you that I realised I had to tell you. I couldn’t live with the regret of never knowing, of never telling you. So I gave my heart to you and felt it explode in my chest knowing the love I had for you was returned. From then we have come through a lot to get where we are now. The fears, the insecurities although we regret them, I know that they have made the love I have for you stronger. It has taught me to cherish every thought, feeling and day I spend with you. I have never felt happiness like the happiness I feel with you. Every day when I think I can love you no more, I’ll suddenly feel my heart beat hard in my chest. I may not be doing more than sitting on the sofa thinking of you, or stood doubled over laughing and something unbelievable stupid you’ve said, but I know its you making my heart beat so fast. I will forever spend my life falling more and more in love with you. Dana, you light up my life in every way I could possibly imagine. I know that no matter where you are, whether it be by my side or miles apart, you will always be with me. So I guess what I’m trying to say is, I know I loved you from the moment I met you. I know you are the one person I have spent my whole life looking for. You are everything that is perfect in my life. Know that I will do everything in my power to always make you feel the love I have for you. In 10 years time, I imagine us sitting on a pier overlooking a beautiful lake. You have your head on my shoulder and my head is resting on yours. As I look at the lake, I see our life together glittering and reflecting of the water. I see the days that have past and the days that are to come. Every reflection on the water is shimmered with love and devotion. I look at the lake and I simply tell you “Dana, my love for you is like that lake, deep, everlasting and continuingly sparkling.” Today, I give you my life, my heart and my soul, so together we can make a future, those reflections and dreams.