travis,
i know i joked about getting you eleven gifts (which i totally did do), but the truth is i'd give you a hundred billion zillion more if it meant coming even remotely close to how much you've given me this year. i am not being dramatic or hyperbolic (i know it turns you on when i use those multisyllabic words) when i say that you've changed my world - how i see it, how it rotates (now around you), what i want out of it in a way that's so unapologetic it feels almost unlike me in the best way possible.
i cannot thank the universe enough for making me really, really, really, really, really, really like you (and making you like me too). seeing our families getting to know each other - laughing together, sharing space like it's always been this way - makes me feel so fucking complete, you have no idea. i've cried anywhere between 3 and 3,000 times in the last two days. this is what home feels like. my mum pulled me aside yesterday and you know what she said? four words: i get it now. enough said.
thank you for letting me into every part of your life; the good, the hard, the messy, and the quiet in-between moments you aren't used to sharing with anyone. i know it doesn't come naturally to you - i know you're used to doing everything on your own, and letting me into those moments when no one else is looking feels like a betrayal to the armour you've built for yourself. but thank you for doing it. thank you for choosing us over and over, even on the days that take more out of you than you care to admit. i know this year is ending differently than you'd hoped, but 2026 is ours. i promise. merry christmas, baby!!
i know i joked about getting you eleven gifts (which i totally did do), but the truth is i'd give you a hundred billion zillion more if it meant coming even remotely close to how much you've given me this year. i am not being dramatic or hyperbolic (i know it turns you on when i use those multisyllabic words) when i say that you've changed my world - how i see it, how it rotates (now around you), what i want out of it in a way that's so unapologetic it feels almost unlike me in the best way possible.
i cannot thank the universe enough for making me really, really, really, really, really, really like you (and making you like me too). seeing our families getting to know each other - laughing together, sharing space like it's always been this way - makes me feel so fucking complete, you have no idea. i've cried anywhere between 3 and 3,000 times in the last two days. this is what home feels like. my mum pulled me aside yesterday and you know what she said? four words: i get it now. enough said.
thank you for letting me into every part of your life; the good, the hard, the messy, and the quiet in-between moments you aren't used to sharing with anyone. i know it doesn't come naturally to you - i know you're used to doing everything on your own, and letting me into those moments when no one else is looking feels like a betrayal to the armour you've built for yourself. but thank you for doing it. thank you for choosing us over and over, even on the days that take more out of you than you care to admit. i know this year is ending differently than you'd hoped, but 2026 is ours. i promise. merry christmas, baby!!
xo
lysh
ps: ask me what your last gift is!