14 times around the sun as mrs. patten
he is truly my best friend
i'd marry him over again any day {but i think i'd want to elope}
every year truly does get better, i'm not just sayin' that
what we have together is better than anything i would have ever imagined
not so much a fairy tale as a raw, fierce tale
i like that kind better anyway: there's something to it, something that can be felt deeply in the pounding of blood and heart, something that fingers can be dug into, something that can be held onto for dear life
and i'll be holding on to him dearly for all my life
and kissing that handsome, bearded face
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here's to us, ben, my love: here's to many, many more marvelous trips around the sun