DEAR FUTURE HUSBAND [ ZONAH ]

letter twenty-eight

august 16th, 2018

dear jonah marais,

hi happy one year:')

yesterday, we went to the beach and rented some stand-up paddle boards.

we were both completely awful at standing on them.

i laughed at you when you fell off for the first time, even though i fell way worse right after you did.

we went to a small diner close to the beach for dinner, and shared a chocolate milkshake. you stared at me a lot at dinner.

you held my hand as we drove to the drive-in, planning to see some disney classics.

you know how much i love disney.

the first movie on was the lion king, which you held me all the way through. you laughed at me while i subconsciously sung along to all of the songs in the movie, and i laughed back at you when you joined it.

the next movie plying was beauty and the beast, which is my absolute favourite movie of all time.

i fell asleep close to the end of the movie, cuddled into your side.

i stayed asleep until i felt you carrying me into your parent's house. then, i slowly opened my eyes.

you carried me bridal-style through the door, and we laughed quietly, joking that next time we did this would be the day of our wedding.

when we were all ready to sleep and lying down in your bed, our conversation died down. you ran your hands through my hair for a few minutes. when you stopped, i thought you had fallen asleep. then, you spoke up.

we talked about so, so many things.

we talked about our pasts. i told you some more details about my parent's divorce that you never knew. you told me about moving a lot as a kid and never feeling like you truly "fit" anywhere.

we talked about the present, how happy we were to have found each other. i think i even cried at one point, i don't really remember that part 0:)

finally, we talked about our future. i felt so reassured when you started talking about marriage, knowing we wanted the same things in our futures. you told me that after college, you were going to get a "pretty little ring to go on my pretty little finger." i don't think i've ever smiled as hard as i did when i heard those words.

it was late, but we weren't tired. we talked about how our wedding would be: what flowers we would have, where it would be, our honeymoon destination.

i can't wait to make our plans a reality.

i love you more than anything else in my life. that sounds terrifying to me but it's true.

it's you; it's always been you.

here's to our first year together, with many more to follow.

signed,

zachary dean herron xx