It all started with a bang!!!! And I loved every minute of it. You were all that I could think of and all that I thought I wanted. In fact my mind was so preoccupied with you my grades slipped dramatically.
But I didn’t care; I knew I had to have you. After a little coxing and a lot of magnificent guitar playing I was able to win your heart, although you already had mine.
As time went on I realized that I didn’t just need you to fulfill my desires, I found that you made me more of a man. I thought I was good before, but with you I found that greatness could come, and with out you I was destined to fail. You bring out the best in me and drive me to be better every day. I learned to be a good husband, a good partner, a caring person, and to find joy in loving and caring for you. Before I thought that happiness came from what I could get for myself but I have found that it truly comes from how much I can give to you.
Then you gave me more. I watched as you carried our first child. The pain and sickness that you felt was something I did not expect and something I don’t think I can ever completely understand. During that trying time, when your body was sore and tired, you followed me across the country and supported me in a new job, and I loved and appreciated your support. Shortly after that you gave me a gift that has brightened my life and expanded my capacity to both love and feel joy, our daughter Savannah.
And I was amazed at you. Your capacity to love and understand the needs of our child was mind-boggling. I was jealous and grateful at the same time and again I began to learn from you. You taught me how to be a loving, caring, patient, and supportive father. Although I already desired to do those things you showed me how to put them into practice. I also watched as you studied hard while being home with a child finishing you degree and learned that even with trials and distractions hard work can still pay off and was able to put that into practice.
To my surprise my love for you continued to grow past anything I had previously imagined possible, I have found since then that the only limits that love has are the ones that I put on it myself, and I have decided to not limit my love for you.
You stood by me as I became a cop and tried my hardest to continue to support and love my family as I took care of those I served at work. We both know how hard it got, and I could never have made it through with out you and your care. I am both amazed at how much I needed you and how much you were able and willing to do for me. 
For the second time now you have endured the hardships and pains of bearing our children and given me the gift of a beautiful son. My happiness continues to expand because of what you are willing to do for us. Now I feel that I have asked more of you then ever before. As you work to help support our family while I try to finish school I feel incredibly sorry that you are missing out on time with our family. I blame myself for foolish mistakes that I have made in the past that have put us in this situation, however I am continually grateful that you do not hold my past mistakes against me. I am also so grateful for what you taught me about being a parent and have been surprised, as there has been a need for me to step in and take care of our children more because of your work, the amount of incredible knowledge that you have passed to me about being a good father.
Because I met you, and somehow convinced you to marry me, I have been blessed beyond anything I could imagine. You have strengthened and refined me into a better person. The first four years have been amazing and I am so glad that they are only the beginning. Often, at night, when I am laying in bed waiting to fall asleep I think about all of the other people I could have ended up with and I am always so grateful that I didn’t have to settle for anybody else, because anybody else would have been far less then what I got with you.
I love you.
