Happy second anniversary to us! Darren and I exchanged cards and boxes of chocolates this morning a la' pjs and coffee breath before work. It really was a sweet moment.

At the bottom of my card read the following kind words, "To the most amazing wife....best two years of my life. I love you, Amanda and yes, it was well worth it." 

....I love you, forever man of mine.

At our wedding we chose this reading from Captain Corelli's Mandolin: a reading that brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it:

" Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes & then subsides. And
when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether
your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you
should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness,
it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of eternal passion. That is
just being "in love" which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over
when being in love has burned away, & this is both an art & a fortunate
accident. Those that truly love, have roots that grow towards each other
underground, & when all the pretty blossom have fallen from their branches,
they find that they are one tree & not two..."

Traditional gift is "cotton"....yet we traded in cotton for a trip to the Amalfi Coast in Italy later this month. Oh, it is a cruel world. ;)