“I love rocks, ever since I was little I loved rocks. I would check out books on rocks and gems from the library and read them for hours. I love rocks and I love picking flowers from the side of the road. I think it’s amazing how these weeds can be so beautiful, how on the side of a highway nature throws in a glimpse of beauty. I would stop and pick every one I saw just so I could make a bouquet for you. I love the smell after it rains, when everything is new and green. I love that smell and I love the city at 4am when it is completely empty and still. I love the ocean, oh my, I love the ocean. It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Well that is, before I met you. I may love the ocean, but nothing like how I love the color of your eyes. And I don’t mean the fact that they’re this amazing brown, I mean the way they glow when you look into mine, the most comforting thing I’ve ever seen. I look at you and everything else around us becomes completely silent, my love for you is so loud. I love your eyes and I love the way you say my name, but I can’t remember what my name is anymore. I think it’s babe, maybe baby. It can be whatever you want, as long as I know you’re talking to me. Growing up I loved all these worldly things, I loved rocks and flowers, I loved the smell after rain and the way the waves crashed into the ocean shore. I still love these things, but love is so much more since you came into my life. Love is your lips pressed against mine and your hand in my hand. Love is singing in the car and staying up way too late on the phone. Love is your name, your smile, your laugh, your voice, your hair, your hands, your eyes.. You are love. I never believed in soulmates before I met you, but without you nothing is as beautiful, and without you love would never be the same.”