Hey you,

There are so many words thrown around like confetti these days, celebrated for what people think they mean. After a while, seems as if they come to have no meaning at all in the eyes of the onlooker. Like a watered down orange juice, it’s neither orange nor water, and no one can seem to remember what they were seeking in the first place. They hold on to this ‘orange juice’ that doesn’t quite taste like OJ because of what they thought it was, and because they committed to it, but what they have doesn’t quite fit the definition of what they signed up for.

It doesn't feel that way with you.

You hold us, in this space, and allow us to grow. When I am happy, you delight in the joy that overflows from my soul. When I am sad, you light the day with your smiles and laughter and show me the path through the darkness. When I am vulnerable, you give me a safe place to lay my weary heart and listen to all my fears. When I am broken, you take the pieces and put them back together. When I am ready to rise again, you cocoon yourself around me and provide the chrysalis to be whatever I need to be, and you rise with me.

More importantly, you also allow me to be this for you.

I used to think the word ‘soulmate’ meant never having a disagreement; that somehow the perfect person for me would agree with everything I did, like the same things, have the same desires… I was wrong. I’m not even sure loving someone unconditionally is the trait of a soulmate. I have discovered, through you, that soulmate means so much more. It means never having to fear that I’ll be rejected or discarded for being a fool, even when you think I’m being foolish. It’s never having to say ‘I’m sorry’ because you already know I am, but I say it anyway, because I really need you to know it. It means being challenged to not accept the status quo, to grow and to change, to do better; but to love myself as I am, because I am enough right in this moment. It is help through the murkiness of life, encouraging me to shine my light, and a reminder to walk with compassion and love in my heart. It is choosing me, every day, just as I choose you - for better or worse, and being a companion, regardless of what comes.

That’s just a glimpse of what soulmate means to me.

Ultimately, we’ve all got holes in our life. We are parts of a jigsaw: holes seeking someone to put themselves out there and fill the emptiness. Some of us are cornered, some of us caught in the middle. Some of us get lost, some of us immediately find our kind, obvious in our fit. We reach, fill one part, while another piece of us goes empty, until the next person comes along to complete the puzzle. You are my missing puzzle piece.

You complete me.

And I just thought you should know that <3