Dear Luke, Well, here it is… my first “love note” to you in a looong time (maybe ever? I can’t even remember, haha). You’re probably very surprised to be getting this, since we’re not usually a romantic, sappy love letter type of a couple. But for some reason it just popped into my head how much I love you, and I was wondering when I last told you that, and I actually really couldn’t remember! Which is crazy, because I love you so much. Not every day is easy or great, and we’ve definitely hit our fair share of bumps in the road, but no matter how hard it is, we always help each other through it, and that is actually so amazing. Like the other day, when you knew I had a big presentation at work that was stressing me out. I’d been snapping at you all week (sorry, I love you haha) and could barely even have breakfast that morning. When I finally got home that night, you warmed up dinner so I didn’t have to worry about it, sat with me on the couch and listened and let me talk about it. You paid attention and asked me all the right questions and told me how great I did, how I impressed everyone, and I felt more relaxed than I had for a long time. You know it’s really hard for me to let go and de-stress like that, and you’re the only person who can get me to do it. So I was remembering that and thinking, wow, you know, he’s pretty great and then I just kept thinking of other ways you’re amazing. Like how you always make me laugh, and you’re so caring that you’ll catch a spider and take it outside rather than smush it, and you’ll make dinner or take care of random chores for me just to surprise me. These are just little things, but at the risk of making this way too sappy, all the little things add up to a whole lot and make me love you so much. Never forget how great you are and how much I love you, or if you do, just poke me and tell me to write another letter to you. I promise I’ll make it even cheesier next time! Love, Madeleine