HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

You are 42 today. And if you think you have been forgotten the last 14 years, well, you should know better. It is impossible to miss you. In spite of the fact that you are not within reach, you have always been within. Proof that you are thought of everyday? Get this: your name is the password to everything I need to open. Whenever I see crossword puzzles, I remember our games. Whenever I hear Lisa Stansfield or Gary Barlow sing, thoughts of our “private party for two” come to fore. Whenever I smell Acqua Di Gio, I look around to see if you are anywhere near. Your smile continues to radiate in my thoughts. Your laughter drowns my own. Your stares never cease to melt my heart. The last time I viewed “Titanic” yet again, I swear I heard you say, “Don’t let go.” You are where you are now. I am where I am. And I am happy for you and I being just the way we are. And even if no words have been exchanged in a while, know that my silence means neither have I given up on you nor have I given you up. And even if we do not come face to face with each other ever again, you have filled me with so much love that can last me a lifetime. For that, I am thankful beyond words.