Love is seldom perfect. I certainly make mistakes. My wife and I fight sometimes, but we also learn to let it pass. 

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What keeps our love alive is our focus on eachother. Like so many others we have children and jobs that take some of our time. Still we take time for eachother.

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Every year we take a day and do nothing but be together. That day was yesterday. We started with a nice lunch. Then we went shopping. Buying stuff was not the point. Really we did not purchase anything we needed. Truthfully we bought very few things.

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Our next event was a hotel room with a whirlpool in the room. The tv was never turned on. For the most part phones were laid aside. Our purpose was eachother.

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After some good times on that bed it again was time to eat. 

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The trip to dinner was fun and we made sure that the place we ate was close to our hotel.

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Again back to the room to soak in that water. Throughout we talked and remembered the good times and bad. Our conversations ranged from mundane to philosophical topics. Communication is key. I think that in a relationship it is essential that those involved must be able to enjoy eachothers thoughts, hopes, and dreams.

It is also important to have fun and joke. Laughing is likely even more important than talking. 

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I am sure that some will say that I am bragging. Yes I am. I married my soulmate and I get to spend my life with her. She is beautiful and the most important thing in my life. We have been together now for over nine years and have known eachother for ten and I love her more today than ever. It is great to share a life together, to laugh, cry, get angry, and feel sorrow. None of this we do alone. We have eachother and that makes us lucky.

My image of true happiness and my ultimate heaven is below. I LOVE YOU AMBER!!!

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