This is not just my voice. It is what love sounds like when it is spoken honestly, without fantasy, without performance, and without trying to be beautiful. It is one person speaking to another after everything has been seen, after the fears have been exposed, and after the illusions have worn off.
Love is not a feeling that stays the same. It changes with time, with stress, with children, with disappointment, with exhaustion, and with joy. The vow is not to always feel inspired. The vow is to keep showing up anyway. It is to stay present when things feel good and when they feel uncomfortable, when closeness feels easy and when it feels fragile.
Our union is not something we own. It is something we take care of. It lives in how we speak to each other when we are tired, how we listen when we feel misunderstood, and how we repair things when we get it wrong. That is where love actually exists, not in fantasy, not in passion alone, but in the daily choices that protect connection.
I do not love you because you are perfect or because you make my life easy. I love you because you are real and because you are willing to grow. I love you because you keep showing up to do the work that allows us to stay close instead of drifting apart.
My heart would not beat the same without you, not because I am incomplete, but because love changes the way the nervous system feels in the world. When we are together, there is more room for calm, more room for safety, and more room for honesty.
This vow is not about guaranteeing a future. It is about choosing you in the present moment again and again. It is about returning when fear, ego, or old habits try to pull us away from what actually matters.
We will disappoint each other sometimes. We will misunderstand each other. We will have moments where we do not feel close. That does not mean love is gone. It means we are human. The vow is that we do not abandon what is real just because it becomes uncomfortable.
This is how love becomes something lasting. Not by being perfect, but by being willing. Willing to pause. Willing to breathe. Willing to listen. Willing to repair. Willing to stay.
And that is what I am offering you here. Not a fantasy, not a promise that nothing will ever hurt, but a commitment to keep choosing you with awareness, honesty, and care as long as we are walking this life together.