Dearest Kevin,

Another year has passed, and I don't even know where to begin to explain to you the gratitude I feel for the love you've shown me. Everything seems to have passed us by at an extraordinary rate. My mind is blinded at the thought of reliving this year.

First, I want to thank you for your beautiful in-person hugs. Thank you for not chickening out and turning around back into the stadium that November day. It is a day that I will never, in my life, forget. Everything was so so perfect and ... Oy. Nothing has made me that happy. You make me happier than anyone ever has.

If it weren't for you, our friendship would probably not exist this day. If it weren't for you, my friendship with everyone else would probably not exist this day. Thank you for being my rational side - talking sense into me in those moments - and generally being my sanity. You've done more for my mental health then any drug, doctor, or psychiatrist ever could.

Thank you for all the secrets you've kept. I'm sorry for all the times I've rambled on about nothing at all, and then expect you to understand. You capacity for forgiveness still astounds me. Thank you for never pushing me aside when I've been so horrible to you - I'm sorry for all the times I've been angry without reason, feared without logic, and lied without a base on which to stand. Thank you for ignoring my estrogen-caused fits, you know that isn't me.

Kevin, you've showed me so much about the world. You've been my inspiration more times then I could ever count. There are parts to me that I know would not exist if I had never met you. I can't, and don't want to imagine my life without you there. When my mind rolls over, you are always there. Thank you forever for loving me.

In the best of times, and in the worst, I love you as you are. Thank you for letting me be your best friend, thank you for letting me call you mine. If I were to never live another day, my life would have been a happy one thanks to you. After two years, you can still make me smile on a daily basis - and thank you for that.

All my love,
Katie