You also included something that would symbolize our future together- a children ’ s book about a family of polar bears and their journey to becoming parents to a little bear cub . Little did I know , at that moment , that nine years later I would witness you open the pages of that very book while cradling our beautiful child in your lap .
I already knew I loved you that first Valentines Day , but there was no way of knowing the magnitude of love that I was capable of feeling towards you . Its not that I didn ’ t adore you in the days before co-parenting with you- those years of growth challenged us and prepared us for the events that were to come as we brought life into the world and nurtured that life as partners .
One of the most joyful , overwhelming moments of my life was the day you became a father . As you held our daughter against your chest , skin-to-skin , in the first minutes of her life , I had never loved anyone more . Yet , somehow , the love I felt the day we became parents is only a sliver of the love that we have today .
Another girl holds a place in your heart . Under any other circumstances , this would be heartbreaking , but under these circumstances- her place in your heart only amplifies your place in mine . I never imagined that I would feel more love when my husband took another girl on a date than when he takes me on them . I can almost feel the hearts popping out of my eyes when I hear “ Beauty and the Beast ” blaring in the background and see you twirling her around the room , your fingers interlocked with hers the way that they interlock with mine .