Let's go back to the start
He said I looked "drop dead gorgeous" Monday night when I picked him up from work. It took the breath out of me. He says I'm beautiful every day, but always so casually, as if it's a shrug or a sigh, or a daily chore. This was the first time in a long time that I believed him because when he said it the light in his eyes was unmistakeable. It was that same shimmer in his eyes that made me realize that he had fallen in love with me so many years ago, the same light that made me want to love him from the first day we met. I needed to hear him say that to me, in just the exact way he said it. I needed him to look at me just that way because love can grow so familiar over time and it's nice to be reminded of the beginnings.