to s: one year

today is one year since we met. i spent much of the day with your extended family, celebrating your parents' 35th anniversary. stress, but not nearly so much as at the first few (months of) meetings. and your grandma is still adorable, possibly as a result of missing mine, but she sure is cute.
hopefully your family likes me. i know mine like you, even though you've never met face-to-face. perhaps before the year is over.
i mostly want to say thank you for letting me be me. there are very few people in this wide world with whom i feel comfortable enough to really be myself. i'd very much like to continue that.