Remember how we use to enjoy long evenings out, casually dining and talking, but now we find ourselves with busy schedules and heading in different directions.
Yet, we sometimes just insist that Friday nights are for us and nothing short of a family emergency can supersede our time.
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You use to send me flowers, but we know what a waste of money that is, when we have loftier goals and desires.
Yet sometimes I still find an inexpensive grocery store bouquet waiting on my desk and a note from you.
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There were times when you would buy me the biggest box of Godiva chocolates, knowing how much I loved them.
Yet, you still will spoil me with my two favorites . . . a coconut and hazelnut truffle whenever you are out.
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We use to leave love notes in strategic places . . . now we mostly send email reminders to each other of things that need to be done.
Yet, I often open my email and find a cyber love note, a card, flowers, pizza or chocolate.
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We once would light candles and build a fire and curl up on the couch, but the last time the candles were lit, the electricity had gone off.
Yet, there are still those times when we decide to let the world pass us by and we light candles, pour a glass of wine and eat cheese and crackers on a blanket in the living room floor.
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I use to bake pies, cakes and cookies, but now we both are watching our cholesterol and weight.
Yet, sometimes, I make a gigantic chocolate chip cookie, especially for you.
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I once made sure that my makeup was perfect, my hair in place and dressed in my nicest clothes.
Yet, you smile at me with the same adoration (and lust) when I'm in a total disarray and an old t-shirt.
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I remember how I would hug you good-night at the end of our dates and the smell of you would linger in my mind.
Yet, I find sometimes when you aren't around and I'm sorting laundry I pull one of your shirts to my face, close my eyes and breath in your fragrance.
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When you leave on a business trip I tell everyone how much I'm going to enjoy my time alone.
Yet, within 24 hours I begin to feel like an orphaned sock, and your pillow is a very inadequate substitute, as I pull it close and try to go to sleep.
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There was a time when my mind was consumed with thoughts of you all day and night.
Yet, I still find myself smiling when thoughts of you pop into my mind throughout the day.
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I use to wait for the phone to ring, hoping to hear you say hello and say my name.
Yet, my heart still skips a beat when I hear you say my name.
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Women are always envious of what I have with you and how much you spoil me by always making my happiness and pleasure your priority.
Yet, I sometimes begin to take it for granted, and I'm grateful for the constant reminders of how cherished I am.
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Men have always felt inadequate when they measure themselves against you and compare your treatment of me to how they treat their wives.
Yet, I beam whenever they teasingly chastise you for making their lives more challenging to give their wives the same type of love.
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When our daughter talks about marrying a man much like dad one day, I get a lump in my throat.
Because, chances are slim that she'll find someone like you
And it's times like that I realize that God is truly guiding my life,
When I look in your face and realize only something divine could have brought us together.
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Some things change, but the one that stays the same is the fact that I still love you TJ!
