17 years ago on Valentine Day my husband ask me to marry him. So I wrote him a poem today. I'm a dork...I know!

Six Thousand Two Hundred and Six Days

i just wanted to say
you have never turned away from me
i can't explain what this means
but it has meant everything to me
and it is what i needed most in life

you have accepted me as i am
even though i don't believe in lids, doctors, or underwear
you let me wear your socks everyday
because i can never find my own
i also often can't find
my keys...my courage... or even my mind
and you always lend me yours

every evening you lift your arm
physically saying "here is your soft place to fall"
as people, places, and time have zoomed by
we have stayed here...in this space... inches from each others face
holding each other through all the storms
in this life boat that we built to be rocked to sleep in
every night like spoons under the moon

after our first two weeks of dating i told you
i wanted to be included in all your future plans
you said you would and you did
i told you i never wanted to promise forever
i just wanted to wake up one morning when we were 100 yrs old
and say "wow ... we choose each other everyday"
yes we did get marry
but i said it was just for the old people and i meant it

so i just wanted to say
i choose you again today because
you have never turned away from me
i can't explain what this means
but it has meant everything to me
and it is what i needed most in life