Of Christmas Trees and Starry Nights

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Dear Beautiful,

It's funny but this Christmas will be my first with someone as lovely as you

I say, "with", because even though you are litterally a thousand miles away from my arms, you are tucked so deeply in my heart that my every christmas moment will be filled with thoughts of you

I can still smell the scent of our christmas tree whose essence has decided to stay on my palm

Of course, it reminds me of you

I daydream quickly into thoughts of placing your very first real christmas tree in our christmas tree stand and how my heart would skip at being able to make you happy

I look up into the sky as I used to when I was a child, hoping to catch a glimpse of santa's sleigh as he went flying about his toy purveying business and I'm reminded of you

I lapse into a thought of creeping around early in the morning setting up evidence that santa had arrived, only for the eyes of those little ones who are soon to wake up, and then tip toe back to bed, where I know you would await me, smiling all cute like you do at our designs

Yes, this Christmas is very different

I may not know exactly when I can finally see you again, but the fact that you are so endeared to my heart is enough to give me such joy

Yes, I want to grab your hands, brush up against your cheek and whisper into your ear how beautiful you are to me, but that can wait.

And over this happy, joyous time, when we remember how beautiful the story of a Savior is to us, I'll be thinking about one more blessing in my life that's also bringing such a smile to my lips and a dance to my step

Of course, it's you

You who I've utterally fallen for

You who my heart is overwhelmingly concerned with

You who truly are going to make my Christmas even more perfectly beautiful then ever before

It's you, my darling

I look so foward to the Christmas that I can truly spend with you

If in talking about the beauty of the coming of a Savior King in a manger

Or the beauty of how God has brought us together, hand in hand

Forever Yours

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