gaerfindel

I'm sorry, love.  It's sometimes hard to hear the Truth of it when you say how much you love me.  Sometimes it sounds rote; as though "I love you" is just a phrase one says to one's SO.  I know it's not; that you really do love me.  No holds barred, all the way to the Moon & back again.

Y'know that old cliché?  "Absence makes the heart grow fonder"?  Well it's true.  I do miss you.  Yes, it's nice to have a quiet vacation from all the chaos that comes with a family.  What parent doesn't want that from time to time, eh?  That doesn't mean I love my family &mdash particularly you, Mizuki, my loving wife — any less.

But back to Mistress's comment.

I simply found it refreshing to hear "I love you for being you, Gaer" from someone else.  That's all.  Nothing more.

And y'know what?  In the immortal words of Fred Rogers:  "You're special, and I [love] you just for being you."