Last week, my partner had surgery. A nurse led me in to see her when she was in recovery. “Look who’s here!” the nurse crowed.
Head rolling on the pillow, eyelids heavy from anesthesia, her eyes found my face. Her mouth made a happy little “o” and her eyes widened. “I lub (love) you,” she slurred.
The first thing she said when she woke, when she saw me, was “I love you.” I love her, too. So much. On the drive home, when she was once again lucid, she told me she’d been scared about the procedure.
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