Mayte, I have always said you are a gift from God, because finding you would have taken a lifetime and more… The story of our love began 23 years ago. You were there, I was standing, with only a desk between us, we were worlds apart. I walked in searching for a job; what I found was the love of my life. What began as God's will became the story of us walking hand-in-hand through this love story we call life. For two decades we have grown together, through pain, and joy. Even so, our love has not become complacent. We still find ourselves with that same flutter of excitement and wonder that reminds us how extraordinary our love truly is. God's gifts are given out of his grace, without merit. You are his gift to me, yet I have never earned you. It will take a lifetime to earn the love you have given me. Our love is not just a memory of where we began, but a living promise — that the same spark that lit when I first walked through that door still ignites the love we have for one another, guiding us to forever.