happy birthday & valentine

My Valentine, My Birthday Girl, My Everything, Tomorrow isn't just another day on the calendar. Tomorrow is the day the universe decided to create you, and somehow, by some beautiful twist of fate, placed you on this same day that the world celebrates love. As if the heavens knew that February 14th would never be just about Valentine's Day again it would be about you. It would be about us. Do you remember how we began? I was just sitting in that car with my brother, and there you were. My brother kept telling me to forget it, to just drive past, that it wasn't worth the effort. But something inside me refused to listen. Something inside me knew. I made him drive all the way down to where you were, and I don't regret a single mile. That moment when I got your number? That wasn't just me being bold that was my heart recognizing you before my mind even understood what was happening. "From the moment you walked in, my world gained colour." And then there was that night. That beautiful, sleepless night from 9pm to 6am. You couldn't sleep, and I couldn't let you face the darkness alone. So we talked. We talked about everything and nothing. We shared laughter across the phone, we shared silences that felt comfortable, we shared pieces of ourselves that we don't show everyone. And somewhere between the sunset and sunrise, something shifted. That was the night you started to like me. That was the night we grew fond of each other. That was the night our story truly began to write itself. "Every laugh, every glance with you is a verse I want to keep writing." January tried to break us, didn't it? It was rough. It was painful. There were moments when the distance between us felt like oceans, when the words we said cut deeper than we intended, when loving each other felt harder than it should. But we moved past it. We chose each other. We chose to fight, to forgive, to grow. You know why? Because real love isn't about perfect days. Real love is about what happens on the imperfect ones. You can be stubborn and I love that about you. I love that you have a fire in you that doesn't dim easily. I love that you stand your ground, that you feel deeply, that you don't just go with the flow. And I want you to know: I am ready. I am ready to learn with you, to unlearn for you, to grow alongside you. I am ready to tolerate your stubborn moments because they're part of who you are, and who you are is someone I never want to lose. "You're the heartbeat behind February 14th both my valentine and my birthday girl." I want to experience it all with you. The good times the lazy Sundays, the inside jokes, the spontaneous adventures, the sunsets we'll watch together, the songs we'll dance to in the kitchen. And the bad times because they will come. The arguments, the misunderstandings, the days when loving each other feels like work. I want those too. Not because I enjoy pain, but because I want all of you. I want the full story, not just the highlight reel. I want to be there when you're struggling, when you're sad, when you're frustrated. And I want you there for mine. "Here's to countless more valentines, to growing old but never growing apart." Divine. Your name means heavenly, godlike, perfect. And you live up to it in ways you don't even realize. You are the first thought in my morning and the last whisper in my night. You are the reason my phone feels heavy with unsent messages I type and delete because words aren't enough. You are the reason I believe in timing, in fate, in second chances, in love. When I look at you, I don't just see my girlfriend. I see my future. I see lazy mornings and chaotic evenings. I see anniversaries and arguments and make-up kisses. I see gray hair and wrinkled hands still holding each other. I see a lifetime of February 14ths, each one celebrating both the day love was celebrated and the day you were born. Because that's what you are to me the day love was born. Not just Valentine's Day, but your day. The day the world became more beautiful. The day my story found its missing chapter. So tomorrow, when you wake up, know this: You are loved not just for the easy parts of you, but for all of you. For your laugh and your tears. For your kindness and your stubbornness. For the way you light up a room and the way you darken when you're upset. For every single thing that makes you, you. I will spend this lifetime learning you. And if I'm lucky, I'll get the next one too. "With all the love I'll ever have," Happy Birthday, my sweet Girl. Happy Valentine's Day, my love. i'll always loveeeeeeee youuuuuuuu Here's to us. Here's to forever. Here's to every February 14th from now until the end of time. Yours always and completely, TERRY(EKWI 😭😭) P.S.— That 9pm to 6am night? I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Every single second. Actually, I'd do a lifetime of sleepless nights if it meant I got to spend them with you. Sleep is overrated anyway. You? You're everything. ❤️ With all the love I’ll ever have,