Life has a way of dampening our emotions over time. When we are young we jump into life and take leaps of faith more often. We fall deeply and madly in love. We are passionate about things, and have high expectations of what life is supposed to be. We do things fast, not knowing what or if it is the right emotion that we are feeling. All we know is that it feels good, and no matter what, we are going to keep doing it. One year turns into three, and one child turns into four. Life keeps moving on, we keep getting older, and before you know it we have been married for twenty years. We have some grey hair. A few scars, and a whole lot of memories. We are no longer the twenty-somethings living life on a wing a prayer. We are seasoned veterans of life. We take it as it comes not wanting it to go too fast, and most of the time wishing it would slow down. We are angered slower and cry faster, and laugh every chance we get. We are not the people that we used to be. Every day for the last twenty years we have been changing. The girl that I first said I love you to, a long time ago is gone, just as the young man who said I love you to you, is gone. What we believed we would be and what we are, are so very different. With age we realize that we do not fall madly in love. Love is not just a feeling or an emotion. Love is the way that we treat each other. Love is the way that we touch each other. Love is the way we support each other. Love is the way we teach each other. Twenty years ago I fell madly in love with you. Everyday since I have been falling slowly. Falling in love with the new person you become everyday. Falling in love with the person who you will become tomorrow. That is what real love is all about. I am not in love with who I think you should be. I am in love with who you are, and you are enough. Happy 20th anniversary!! I love you.