I love to watch you play with your hair, grasping a wisp and examining it for split ends.  I like the way you run your pinky finger around the edge of your eyelid to clear the “sleepies” from your eyes in the morning.  I enjoy observing the subtle changes in your facial expression when you are engrossed in a really good book.  I’ve seen you do these things countless times, yet still watch attentively as if I was observing you do them for the very first time.  I know it freaks you out a bit when you catch me staring at you, but after all these years, I am still enchanted by your most trivial habits.

I love to watch you get dressed in the morning, paying meticulous attention to each detail of your appearance as you prepare yourself to face the world.  Seeing you get undressed is of great interest as well, although lately you seem to spend more and more time examining yourself to see what has changed.

Our bodies transform as we age.  The sharp lines of our twenties become wrinkles in our forties, and various sections begin to expand.  Being the same person physically as we were last year or even last month, takes increasingly more effort.

I know its cliché, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  I remain every bit as attracted to you as the day we met, and my love for you continues to grow exponentially.  I did not marry you because you had buns of steel or sculpted abs.  Even though we’ve both changed a lot over the past 20+ years it has been for the better.  We are smarter, wiser and understand so much more about ourselves and the world around us.  Through it all, we still fit together in the most perfect way.

When you smile or laugh it warms my heart to see your spirit experiencing a moment of unbridled joy.  When you are sad, angry, distraught or stressed, I feel your pain as if were my own.

Whether you decide to become obsessive about physical fitness and your diet, or continue to enjoy all that life has to offer and opt to let nature take its course, I will love you just the same. Whatever you do with your body, should be to fulfill your own desires.  Don’t concern yourself for one moment about whether or not it’s pleasing to me, because I am totally satisfied with you in every way.   

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