You’re reading this because I needed you to find it. Years ago we promised we’d always love each other, so that wasn’t at stake anymore, I knew it the way I did in those early days, and I know he knows it too. What happened on June 21 was for them: a ceremony of family promises and thanksgiving. It was a time to tell them we recognize the sacrifices they made for us, and a time to celebrate the enduring support they’ve given us throughout our whole lives, as individuals and as a couple. And it was an announcement that we were ready to give back to them too.
But I missed you. I missed you who have loved us, cheered for us, laughed with us, you who have truly seen us, cried with us, dreamt with us, you who have loved our pilgrim souls from the very first light. I did not expect your absence to make me ache this way. I miss the time we shared. I miss the person you saw in me. And I miss you still. And I love you too.