Seven years ago today. …That’s how long we’ve been together now. Though, it doesn’t really feel like that long ago to me.

Seven years ago today, you asked me to be your Valentine. … Do you remember that night? It’s still so very vivid for me. Everything about it; from what I did that day to the excitement and nervousness I felt while talking to you online.

Seven years ago today, I came home early from my friend, Erin’s, party because I knew you’d be online and I wanted to talk with you. A part of me secretly hoped you’d ask me to be your Valentine even though the day was almost over. We talked for quite a while. I started asking you a bunch of random questions while I built up the nerve to ask you the one question I really wanted to know the answer to – “Do you like anybody?”

It felt like seven years passed while I stared at the screen, waiting for your response. Then finally….”What?” I quickly changed the subject “What’s your favorite food?” How did you not know what that meant? Were you just avoiding the question? I didn’t know if I’d have the courage to ask you again. And then it happened…

Seven years ago today you asked me to be your Valentine. I may have only gotten to be your Valentine for 5 minutes that year, but they were the most perfect 5 minutes I had ever known. I didn’t know then that you would become my one and only Valentine, or that I would get to spend every Valentine’s day after that first one with you. But…

Seven years ago today, I started to fall in love with you.