the thing i remember most about 2018 was you coming into my life. the work, failed relationships, the loneliness, none of that comes to mind when i think about last year. i remember our first kiss, i remember the night i asked you to be mine, i remember the first night we were together. those are the parts of 2018 that i remember. i remember finally feeling that thing that i'd always wanted to feel that i worried i'd never find. i remember holding a hand that held mine just as tight, a kiss that lit my soul on fire, a love that came from nowhere and made everything warm.

a year ago today, i remember that drive home from my parents, thinking to myself that i wanted nothing more than to start our journey together, that whatever trepidation i felt had gone away and i knew you were the one for me. i've loved you so much for so long and it still catches me off guard. i've been blessed to spend this whole year with you and be loved by you, marry you, make such big life decisions alongside you, and really change my life completely from what it was a year ago. you're the best thing i'll ever have.

happy year anniversary (and also, happy one month anniversary!)