#shipped with fed ex because my postal system is trash sorry fdksg

[phrynewrites]

Hello sorry for a break from my regularly scheduled nonsense but it's time to go off about how much I love my girlfriend: anniversary edition!

My wonderful Rebeccah, it's hard to believe we've been together for a whole year already. In many ways it feels longer, because it really has been—we've been practically inseparable since we met. You've always supported me and taken care of me, even when we barely knew each other, because that level of care and consideration for others is just in your nature; it's something I find so absolutely dear about you. You were something immediately wondrous to me, something I found myself pulled toward time, after time, as though you have your own gravity, which I will reside in forever.

But the time has also passed so quickly, to the point where it feels like just yesterday we were celebrating our first Christmas together, your birthday together, my birthday together. We keep track of time with these special moments because everything else flows so easily and evenly into each other, it's hard to define it outside of togetherness. There's something just so comfortable about time with you, how easy it is to slip into conversation with you and slip out of everything else in the process. You make every moment feel safe and everlasting. Warm. Lush. Inviting. Whole.

I love how it's always been like that too. I remember when I was finishing out my senior year of college, we'd talk throughout practically all of my classes, brainstorming for hours, compiling hundreds of pages of ideas, in love with each other's minds, then hearts and souls. I will always love your intellect and creativity, how you push me to think deeper, look at different perspectives, keep learning and growing, no matter how stubborn I'd like to be. There's something to say about supporting someone where they are, yes, but growing together is it's own kind of magic as well.

I love our togetherness, how we approach life together, how we thinking about each other as members of our team. You're always looking out for me, making sure I'm safe and feeling loved, especially with the difficult few months I've just had. Your dedication to helping me feel loved and valuable is life affirming and I'm eternally grateful for all the effort you put into that—I don't know where I'd be without us as a team, dreaming our future together, working towards it together.

And of course, I'm in love with your talent. You're a brilliant writer, absolutely skilled with characterization and plotting. The way you weave a story together so tightly is inspiring. You take the time to get to know a character, what makes them work, what they do outside of the story and how that influences the story itself. You always put in the work and it absolutely shows in what you produce. I'm so proud of you and your writing angel. Every single day, I'm sure you're going to make it big, and I'll spend the rest of our lives reminding you of all your talent and how wonderfully you use it.

I cannot wait for our home together, and our cats together, and our little office where we do writing and encourage each other. I constantly think about baking a shepherd's pie in our cramped kitchen, bumping into one another, exchanging kisses over the sink, play fighting with dish towels, doing what lovers do forever. I want it all, and I want it with you.

Thank you for loving me and letting me love you in return, the best way I know how. Thank you for a year, and here's to many more, my flower.