E V O L I OU S S Y LE D N E
Dedicated to my love, Rachel on our wedding day. 10.07.17
CHERISH + ADORE I love you with a love that cherishes and adores. I’ll hold your heart close to mine appreciating the intricacies of your rhythm. There is so much to adore within you ─ from your keen sense of awareness to the fire in your bones. Where you walk, joy follows.
RESPECT + COMPASSION I love you with respect and compassion ─ caring for your heart and encouraging your conviction. I follow you with joyful admiration and respect for all that you offer this world, and with a gentle compassion for all your shortcomings as well. I will celebrate you daily with the respect of a friend and the empathy of a lover.
AMAZEMENT + WONDER I love you with a love of amazement and wonder ─ a love that is consistently in awe of all that you are and the mysteries within you, ever-unfolding.  If the earth laughs through flowers then it must hiccup butterflies and smile the secrets into the cheeks of little girls and boys, and I am so amazed by the world we have and that you are a part of mine.
ABUNDANT + WHOLE My love for you is abundant and whole. I love you in grand gestures and spectacular displays. I love you with my full heart and nothing less. I want to swallow your sunshine, taste the secrets behind your smile, and be a witness to the God in your cheeks. Â
INTENTIONAL + DEVOTED I love you with intention and devotion. My love for you is not dormant with empty manners and traditions but rather emboldened by our own purpose ─ one that we craft together. I am devoted to our hopes and dreams. Show me your favorite star in the sky, I’ll hop in a rocket and ask the stars to whisper me your wishes.
SINCERE + HONEST I love you with a sincere and honest love. Every time I say it, know that it is true. I love you. I love you. I love you. Â
EVOLVING + GROWING I love you with an ever-evolving love ─ a growing love ─ always finding something new to love about you and a new way to express it. Let me touch your hand and trace each line. I’ll trace each like a map telling me how you got here, but I can’t tell you where you are going. Let me memorize your heart beat, and allow mine to grow in sync with yours our hearts beating like a metronome ─ we will grow into this music that fills our hearts.
COMMITTED + TRUE I love you with a committed love ─ a love with truth at its core. I love you with the consistency of sunrises and sunsets, because the sun still kisses the sky on an ugly day. My love for you will not waiver, but will live within me as my strongest truth. Â
PATIENT + YIELDING I love you with a love that is patient and yielding ─ with appreciation for all that makes you, you. I love you not with a love that takes you for granted with lofty expectations, but rather with a love that honors your heart and kisses your feet. Â
TRUST + SECURITY I love you with an uninhibited love ─ a love free of doubt and rooted in trust and security, and to you I offer the same. Allow me to carry your truth, dismantle your fears, and protect your vulnerability. Trust me with your worst, and I will give you my best. Â
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