Written by Happy Anniversary Love!
TigerTail Beach. Sunset. 2008.
The good Lord has granted us a gift, it’s another brand new day.
Where will we go, what will we do, the opportunity is ours alone.
Our calendar normally has restricted any chance of us getting away.
But it’s morning, I get to hold you and your arms always feel like home.
Distress arises somewhere in our lives, you smile and always agree.
We know we are better as one, than the two of us out on our own.
Even if it means helping others, sacrificing self, action, you or me.
When I look into your eyes I fear nothing, not even the unknown.
Amaris, I was told you were special, one in a million, a long time ago.
I wondered to myself just how different could this woman truly be.
Soon I found that today wasn’t enough so I asked for every tomorrow.
This question a minute woman with solutions aplenty yet quite carefree.
Forever, this is you, to me.
The only Amaris I have ever known, and I am the lucky one, you I hold.
You are generous beyond words, you are strong yet not afraid to lean.
Late night chats are my favorite, dreams we share in numbers untold.
I welcome each day with you, I can’t wait for adventure outside routine.
Sweetheart, how glad I am that I found you in that old New England town.
A long time ago in lives that seem so distant now, but one thing persists.
May your passion for life, the love for me, for us, never ever die down.
Only you smile at me with those loving eyes, I feel no other even exists.
The first time I saw your face, baby that smile, and I just had to know.
I wasn’t leaving town until we met, first impression, for better or otherwise.
Now each day at some hour or another I thank God for you, to me bestowed.
As I lay my head down to sleep I dream in smiles, to share with you every sunrise.
Happy Anniversary love. I love you.
~ Steve and Amaris Beal, 2008
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- Amaris and I anywhere on the coast of Maine, a favorite destination.
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- Mare, your tireless effort to look after all of us makes moments like this so incredibly beautiful to me.
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- Amaris and I with the twins at a Twins Club event in the fall.
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- Proud parents visiting Ohio University and the surrounding Hocking Hills.
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- My inspiration, you are truly amazing Amaris!
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- My beautiful wife.
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- I know you were tired but you’re still gorgeous, and the three of you, simply priceless.
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- My happiest of places, anywhere when the gang’s all here.
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- Family picture of those who could make it to Abrams Pond, Maine, Summer 2012.
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- Theodore gets a photo opp with mom and dad at our pre-Thanksgiving Sunday Family Dinner.
#FrontStepsProject 2020. (Jen Webber Photography)