Every necklace
“Another trip around the sun, and you only get more wonderful. I feel lucky every year that I get to spend it right beside you.”
“Another year of watching you grow into someone I admire more every day. You have a good heart, a quick mind and a laugh that fills a room.”
“We have celebrated more than one anniversary on the wrong day because of your schedule. I do not mind one bit. Any day with you is worth celebrating.”
“You can go in any direction you choose from here, and that is a good feeling. Take your time, trust yourself, and do not forget to enjoy the road.”
“We have celebrated more than one anniversary around your work schedule. I would not trade it. I am married to a woman who takes care of people for a living.”
“In a few hours I have to walk you up there and then let go of your arm in front of everyone. I have been practicing that second part all week and I am not any better at it.”
“I have been at the back of every room you have stood up in since you were small. You stopped looking for me out there years ago, which is exactly as it should be.”
“You patch up patients at work and scraped knees at home. And somehow you have a kiss and a kind word left for every one of them.”
“You can tell when I am tired before I even say a word. You know when I need a joke and when I just need a hug.”
“Nobody else has ever been quite so pleased to see me come through a door. The coffee was on before I had even got my coat off, every single time.”
“I have seen some beautiful places, but the one I look for first is still you. Especially first thing in the morning, before the coffee has kicked in.”
“You are a grown woman now, and you can handle just about anything. But if you ever need backup, your old dad will be there before you finish asking.”
“You were grown and something had broken that I could not put right. I sat in the kitchen with you and said almost nothing at all.”
“If fate whispers to you 'you can't withstand the storm,' whisper back 'I am the storm.' You will always be my baby girl. You are stronger than any challenge that comes your way.”
“The day our two lives came together, my heart stopped being mine alone. Two hearts joined as one, and I would choose you in every life.”
“You call me about leaks and forms and which car to buy, and nothing else. I know you could look every one of them up in about ninety seconds.”
“You turned up long after I had stopped expecting this family to produce any. And you have been the best thing to happen to all of us in a good many years.”
“I know we are both tired, and I know it has been a long road. But I can see better days coming, and I cannot wait to spend them with you.”
“I thought about writing this on a sticky note and hiding it in your bag. But you deserve something that lasts a little longer than a note.”
“Your hugs have fixed more scraped knees and bad days than any medicine. Our kids are so lucky to grow up wrapped in that kind of love.”
“Before we had kids, I knew you would be a good mother. I had no idea you would be this good. You amaze me every day.”
“We were put in the same family by a wedding and nobody asked either of us. It could easily have stayed polite forever. It turned into something better.”
“Wherever you are and whatever time it is, you can always call me. It does not matter if it is big news, bad news or no news at all.”
“You used to shake every present under the tree and guess what was inside. You were right almost every time, which is why I started using bigger boxes.”