Maybe somewhere between who we were and who we are becoming, time has  slipped quietly past us.

And maybe we have become consumed by our ambitions, our dreams, and the future we keep reaching for. So focused on what lies ahead that we have forgotten to pause and witness what has already been growing between us.

Yet even in all of that, our love has seen the light.

Even while chasing tomorrow, we have continued to choose each other. We have loved ourselves into a future together long before it arrived. We have built memories inside plans, and affection inside expectation.

And maybe being together for so long has quieted our hunger to confess our love. Maybe presence has become our language. Maybe comfort has replaced the need for constant declarations.

Because together feels like love.

It is familiar. It is safe. It is home.

And perhaps that is why distance so often gives birth to confessions. Separation reminds the heart of what presence allows it to forget. The words become louder when the person is farther away.

But even in all of that, forget not.

Forget not to remember how much love I have for you.

It may not be spoken every day, but need I remind you, it is true every day. It was true yesterday. It is true now. It will be true tomorrow.

For love is not measured by how often it is said, but by how faithfully it remains.

So keep us close.

Not because distance weakens love, but because love deserves to be remembered while it is still within reach.

For all this time we have spent dreaming of the future, perhaps we have overlooked one simple truth:

The future is now.

And if I have not said it enough, let me say it now.

I love you.

I love you for who you were, for every version of yourself that carried you to this moment. I love you for who you are becoming, for the dreams you are chasing, the lessons you are learning, and the person unfolding before my eyes. And I will love you for who you will be, for the parts of you that neither of us has met yet.

For my love was never reserved for a single moment in time.

It has always belonged to your past, your present, and your future.

And perhaps that is what love truly is not merely choosing someone once, but choosing them through every season of their becoming.

I Love You!


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