Beth,
This is my opportunity to tell you how much I love you.
My love for you is as wide as the ocean,
as beautiful as the blue sky with white tiny fleecy clouds,
as fantastic as the earth with its towering mountains,
its vast western plains with their unlimited horizons,
and continents with their thrilling plunging waterfalls.
My love for you is as limitless as the unreachable stars,
as warm as the summer sun on a July afternoon,
as exciting as the great mysteries of the universe.
Ah, my love for you is as sweet as springtime honey
which the bees bring to their hive,
as rich as a morning meadow covered with clover,
as sparkling as a green lawn sprinkled with dew
on a summer morning at day break.
Sweetheart,
my love for you reaches out into the unknown future
full of promise, and brought near by my arms around you.
Let this day be a time of special meaning for both of us.
I will love you and care for you forever.
Harold
(September 2001)