Wives
“You make every ordinary day feel like a little celebration. So today is your day, and I want it to be the best one yet.”
“Every packed lunch, every bedtime story and every late night worry. None of it goes unnoticed, and none of it is small.”
“I love every road trip we have ever taken, even the ones where we got lost. Maybe especially those, because being lost with you is still my favorite place to be.”
“Every summer I get you back from the classroom for a little while. And every September I share you again with a new room full of lucky kids.”
“You care for patients at work and fevers at home, sometimes on the same day. I have never seen anyone carry so much with so much love.”
“This year you get flowers, a quiet hour and a long nap with the door closed. We will keep the noise down, or at least we will try very hard.”
“Our kids will give you cards and hugs today, and you deserve every one of them. But I wanted you to hear it from me too. You are an amazing mom.”
“Our house is now full of tiny socks, and I have no idea where half of them go. But I know where all the love in this house comes from, and it is you.”
“I have watched you become a mother in a few short weeks, and it has been beautiful. You are gentler, stronger and braver than I ever knew.”
“Some of my favorite evenings are just you grading papers next to me on the couch. I hand you the red pen, you read me the funny answers, and I fall in love again.”
“I did not say thank you nearly enough this year. So here it is, for every hug, every meal and every time you said we would be fine.”
“I used to worry about getting older, until I realized who I get to do it with. Every gray hair and laugh line has been worth it, because I earned them with you.”
“Anyone can fill a house with furniture. You filled ours with laughter. It has felt like home from the day you moved in.”
“You come home in scrubs, tired to the bone, and still ask how my day went. That is who you are, at work and at home, with everyone you meet.”
“You make the phone calls I cannot make and you have never once said so. The school. The bank. My own mother. You just pick up the phone and handle it.”
“I have been planning your birthday surprise for weeks. You probably figured it out on day one, because I cannot keep a secret from you.”
“The big days are the easy ones to remember and they are not the ones I count. I count the Tuesdays, the kitchen, the half finished sentences you already know.”
“I do not say it often enough, but I am so proud of you. The way you work, the way you love and the way you never give up.”
“I forgot something that mattered to you, and that is not okay. It was not a small thing to you, so it is not a small thing to me.”
“Today you do not have to plan, fix, remember or organize a single thing. I have got it all covered, so sit back and let us make a fuss over you.”
“I watched you hold her for the first time and sit down very slowly in the chair. You sat down the same way the day our daughter was born. I have not forgotten.”
“If this year taught me anything, it is that I married the right woman. You faced every hard day with courage, humor and a lot of love.”
“I never know what to get you, because you already gave me everything. A home, a life we love and a best friend who still laughs at my jokes.”
“You remember the appointments, the permission slips and everyone's favorite snack. Most of it goes unnoticed, but I want you to know that I see it.”