Well, another year rolled around for Marcus and I. On our anniversary date we talked about our past 7 years and how our relationship has changed for the better. I didn't really think that was possible considering how good it was to begin with. But our love has changed...something like this.
"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two." Louis De Bernieres
Thankfully we never had to "work out" if we wanted to be together, that part came easy, and here we are. And I still get excited when he comes home...
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