One Final Riddle ✿

Today I’m not trying to be perfect, because loving you has taught me that real is better than perfect. When I picture the rest of my life, all I see is you beside me laughing at the same stupid jokes and holding my hand when things get hard. I choose you in the small moments, single ordinary morning at a time. I choose you when we’re celebrating, five happy seconds turning into whole evenings I never want to end. I choose you when we’re tired, nine gentle chances to try again instead of keeping score. And I choose you when the world feels heavy, six steady breaths where we find our way back to each other. So here are my promises, both my hands that will always reach for yours. Here is my loyalty, one heart that will stay on your side. Here is my adventure, for every trip we take and every place we call home. Here is my effort, even when it would be easier to shut down I will show up. Here is my future, because I don’t want a “someday” I want a date. If you’re willing, two lives becoming one team. If you’re ready, no doubts left in me. If you’ll let me, two words that change everything — marry me. And if you keep this card, six words I’m asking with my whole heart: Will you be mine forever?