Noni,

I am not sure if you remembered or if you even keep track of things like this, but today is the one-year anniversary of us being together again.

I know that it is sort of cliché to celebrate these types of days, and maybe I am a bit too grown-up to be thinking like a teenager, but I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for being a constant and loving part of my life over this past year.

Even though we have had our ups and downs over these most recent 365 days, I am happy that every single one of those highs and lows was shared together with you.

Today, I suppose that I’d simply like to think about a future with you, a future that I am desperately looking forward to. I can’t promise you that everything will be perfect for us in the future or that all things will go as planned. But, if I can say that I have learned anything from this past year, it’s that as long as we have each other, there is nothing we can’t accomplish or rectify.

I am sorry that I am not there in person today, so that we may celebrate the day. I am also sorry that I have not been around for some of these past days that you have needed me. I can only say that I will try to make up for all of those times that I have not been there for you, when we are finally able to get rid of all this distance that separates us. I also promise that we WILL definitely do something special together when I am in Surabaya this month for our anniversary. I already have something planned…

Anyway, thank you again for an amazing ride over the past year. I look forward to many more years together with you.

I love you. I miss you.

Matt