Norman Weber It wasn't long after we met (almost 2 decades ago) that I knew I loved you and that our love was special. While our love was strong we wanted and needed different things in life. When we separated I struggled to understand why God would bring us together and create something so beautiful knowing it would end. But it didn't end - it just changed. In the years that followed we were drawn back to one another from time to time. And our romantic love turned into an unselfish love that just wanted the very best for each other. As our lives went in different directions we cheered each other on from afar. Happy when we saw the other find joy and heartbroken as we saw the other mourn losses. God set us on pathes that led us to the same Church where we would bump into each other at events for a brief hello or sometimes just a smile and nod. Then came 2023. When your world imploded you reached out for a friend and both our lives went in a completely unexpected direction. While those times were difficult we fell into an comfortable rhythm because we knew each others heart and we had faith in God's plan regardless of the outcome. Here were are a year and a half later. We have cried and we've laughed. We've talked for hours on end and sat in content silence because safety and total acceptance comes when we are near. You scraped me off the floor when I wasn't sure I had the strength to keep going and taught me to dream and hope again. 19 years ago I thought I couldn't possibly love you any more than I did then but as I sit here today I see how incredibly wrong I was. My love for you still grows by the day. You are my best friend and I feel so Blessed to be creating a life and building a future with you. Knowing you are by my side gives me the courage to keep moving forward and having Faith during the toughest of times. Your love illuminates the glory and splender of His often incomprehencible plan. I loved you before. I love you now and I will love you always.