Reasons
I love you.

i love you because every time i return home from a trip you always write me a note and give me a gift

I love you because each morning you wake up and as John has spent the entire night kicking and scratching us, I was you spoon him and kiss his forehead. His trust and love for you is reciprocal.

I love you because you never let anything get in the way of our life. You always have things planned out. You keep us in sync and you are the backbone of our relationship.

I love you because when I tickle you and you laugh until you cry and then get all serious. It shows me that we have met a threshold of comfort that I love. You are seriously so cute when you get pouty and then we hold each other until we smile again.

You never hold onto any frustration between us. You always take the high road and always choose me and love.

I love you because you ensure every week that we have our plans setup and our meals planned. I appreciate your tenacity and drive!

You have a perfect butt!

you tirelessly work hard to make our life better. You put in so much effort each and every day to show me that I matter.

You went and watched me fail at pickleball but still kissed me afterwards.

I love you because you get excited about the things I make and remind me you’re proud of me. Your encouragement stays with me.

I love you because you check on how I’m doing, and you don’t stop at asking. You ask if there’s anything I need. Sometimes the answer really is just you.

I love you because you send me off with love and tell me to have fun. I love feeling close to you even when we’re doing different things.

I love you because you don’t let the everyday things go unnoticed. You thanked me for going to Costco, then told me you loved me. Even an errand feels meaningful with you.

I love you because you are still the person I look forward to seeing at the end of the day. A message from you is enough to remind me how lucky I am to come home to you.

I love you because you tell me you’re excited to see me. After a long day apart, knowing you wanted me home was exactly what I wanted to hear.

I love you because when I worried about being away while things were hectic at home, you reassured me. Your strength and kindness meant so much to me that night.

I love you because waking up to “Good morning my love” from you makes an ordinary morning feel special.

I love you because even on a travel morning, I get to carry your love with me. That little exchange of “I love you” made the distance feel smaller.

I love you because making dinner plans with you can be the best part of an ordinary day. I asked about tacos, you said yes, and my answer was simply “Amazing.”

I love you because an ordinary afternoon can suddenly become a little sweeter when you send me “I love you.” No occasion needed.

I love you because you ask about the little things in my day. Even when we were spending the evening doing different things, you wanted to know how my game was going.

I love you because when I admired what you were eating, you immediately asked if I was hungry and offered to make it for me. You turn little moments into little acts of love.

I love you because I get to be your favorite person, and you are my favorite human. Your message that morning is one I want to remember.

I love you because you see how hard I work, and you celebrate with me when it pays off. When my app went live on Android, you knew exactly what that moment meant to me.

I love you because of the care you put into everyday things, like making me lunch. I meant it when I called you my amazing wife.

I love that a small change to the grocery list can just be a smile and a yes. Those easy little moments make sharing everyday life with you feel good.

I love the quiet ways I get to love you, like offering to get a bath ready at the end of the day. Your ‘Yes, please’ was all I needed.

I love that my notes mean something to you. Your thank-you that morning made me feel how much love can fit into something small.

I love that when I showed you the hill I had to get up, you wished me luck. I like having you in my corner, even from a distance.

I love that when I asked about a morning call, you helped find a time. It was such a simple exchange, but I loved knowing we wanted to hear each other.

I love hearing about the new things you try. Your hamburger and strawberry milkshake turned into me wanting to try that place with you on another trip.

I love that you brought me into your family group and told me, ‘You’re my family.’ That meant so much. You are my family, too.

I love the little notes you leave around the house. I love that we turned finding each other’s notes into a small game. You make home sweeter.

I love your beef stroganoff. It was so good I had to stop and tell you. Some reasons really are that simple.

I love getting to have you beside me. When I realized you could come to the wedding with me, that little ‘Yes!’ from you made me happy.

I love that I got to have a conversation with you about our first dance. Planning the music for our wedding made the future we were building feel so real.

I love that even on an exhausting morning, you still asked how I had slept. That small question held a lot of care.

I love that you talked about the rest of our lives together. I wanted to meet that love with a promise to keep building our life, day by day.

I love that you let me know when something touches you. Your response to my message that morning was so open and loving. I felt close to you reading it.

I love your kind and caring heart. Those were some of the first words I reached for when I tried to tell you what made you so amazing to me.

I love that you care about whether I’m worn out. You were happy to save our call for the next morning because you knew I had had a long day.

I love the cheer you bring into my life. When I was away, I missed that part of you along with your face and your smile. Being around you feels good.

I love that you remember my plans and come back to ask about them. You asked how climbing went, even after your own long day.

I love that you remembered I was getting glasses and asked whether I liked them and whether they fit. You pay attention to my ordinary day.

I love that knowing you make me smile makes you happy, too. That little exchange says so much about what I love about us.

I love how I feel around you: full of energy, completely there with you, and barely aware of the clock. Finding out you felt the same was wonderful.

I love how easy it is to laugh with you. When you told me I make you laugh so easily, it made me want a lifetime of that.

I love your smile. I was thinking about it in the middle of the day and had to tell you how amazing it was. I still feel that way.

I love your kindness when I get something wrong. When I realized I had missed wishing you a happy birthday, you answered gently. I appreciated that more than you knew.

I love how thoughtful your birthday message was. You wished me opportunities, great moments, and reasons to smile. That was such a lovely thing to receive from you.