tom wilson,
today is your special day, and the moment we met i promised you a whole lot of spoiling and i was not going to go back on that promise, no matter what. being with you has been a fucking blast, to say the least and i remember a long time ago when we first met and you told me your birthday had just passed, i was so bummed out i didn't get to spoil you back then already, and we were only friends. i always worried you'd leave me, i was a very insecure mess when we met, as you know, so i didn't think i'd have the opportunity to do any of this for you and you proved me so wrong babe. you proved me wrong in so many ways, actually, but this one being the huge one. since then, we've gotten married, bought a house, fostered a pupper together and traveled more than i could have wished for, and i'm beyond excited to plan more trips with you and enjoy our life as a married WILSON couple.

i really wanted you to know how special you really are, and that is why i started working on this a month before your actual birthday because i knew i would go back to it, edit things, make adjustments, and whatever else needed to be done. but, the point here being, i wanted to make sure everything was perfect for your day because you are perfect, to and for me, and i needed to spoil you as much as you do me on a daily basis. i hope you never stop loving me, because the gift of your love has been the greatest gift i will ever receive and being able to love you back has been way too easy, somehow. love isn't an easy thing, being in relationships isn't an easy thing and even through our tough times, you make things doable and easy enough to always want to keep going. i will always want to keep going with you, baby.

i wanted to write out every single thing i like about you in this post but i decided to narrow it down to three (it was fucking HARD), because i feel like eventually you'd get sick of reading me ramble about how obsessed with you i am. so, i hope you know that this list does not mean i don't love everything else about you, because i even like the way you brush your teeth and let me check for how pretty they are after you're done, but if i wrote out every single one of those details, we'd be here for the rest of our lives and i think i'd rather spend that time making memories with you than writing about my obsessions.

i'm doing to start with your heart and how pure it is. i always found myself to be a pretty open book when it came to things/myself. i never really held back because i was always so positive of the things i wanted and somehow, you 100% beat me in that. your intentions are always so pure and you are someone that leads with their heart 99% of the time. the way you carry yourself, the way you take cae of others, the way you love, and even the way you speak translates into someone that has no regrets in how they feel and what they feel. i admire you so much for this because i know it's probably one of the most amazing feelings. knowing your heart will always guide you, and although it's not always where you thought you'd go, in the end it's always what's meant to be.

my second most favorite thing about you is... YOUR HANDS!! ok i know this is absolutely fucking weird because i didn't even want to put this onthe list initially but i seriously don't think you understand the depth of how much they mean to me and how much they make me feel with something as simple as holding. when we first met, we held hands pretty much instantly. that one time when you told me the story about wanting to hold my hand when we went on the first hike, i cannot get it out of my mind and it's truly something i'll remember for the rest of my life. i could truly be having the most difficult day, and nothing could be making sense, and all you'd have to do is reach over, take my hand and hold it and everything else disappears. i don't ever want to stop holding your hand. it's my safety net, my safe zone, my escape. i love being the one you chose to hold hands with for the rest of our lives.

and last but not least, i want you to know i love your drive to be the best version of yourself that you can be. it's not easy admitting when we're wrong, it's never easy stepping down from a place of triumph but you'd do that, for me, for anyone, but most importantly for yourself. i admire how much you've accomplished in your life, even before me, in your career but also in your everyday life. i watch you every single day and my heart beats so fast at your successess because you pour your entire self into making sure it's a) what you believe it, and b) it's never half assed. you are someone that gives 100%, always, and sometimes it's exhausting and i know you wanna give up, but you never do, and you have become the most wonderful version of yourself i could have ever dreamt of. i fell in love with you the moment we met, and you continue, to this day, amaze me with your growt, srength, drive and desire to just be the best. please never change and always remember, i am so fucking proud of you. every. single. day.

and that's a wrap!! i hope this makes you smile a little and gives you a nice little thing to come back to every now and then when you need a reminder. you are the best thing to ever happen to me in this life, and i hope to make this day feel like the best thing that's ever happened to you. i love you sweet babe, and happy birthday.

your nico.