Dear Boyfriend,

As I sit on the opposite side of my bed pretending to do my homework as you do yours, I can't help but stare over at you every once and a while and think, "I'm one amazingly lucky girl."

I am so privileged to call you my boyfriend. You have opened up a whole new world to my eyes. Before I met you, I was blinded by what love was portrayed to be. You taught me love is patience and that you certainly have with me. You know that I can be stubborn, and yet you find beauty in the stubbornness. You know that I have trouble speaking my mind, yet you wait and don't pressure me to answer suddenly. The kindness in your heart that you have for others and myself is intoxicating.You might not be my first boyfriend, but this new start with you feels like I truly am experiencing love for the first time. You make it feel as though my heart has never seen a day of heartache in my life - and that scares me.

This love I have for you is growing more and more everyday and here's why.

You have shown me that I was worth it. As our relationship grows, my friendship with you grows as well. I am undressing my heart to you and that is deeper than any lust I could ever imagine. I didn't know that doing simple things, like opening my car door was something that boyfriends did. I just thought movies over-portrayed that aspect.

I'm terrified that you are piecing my heart back together, and I'm okay with it. You have been ever so loving to me and shown me that you deserve trust. All I've ever known is broken promises, so to start over again wasn't something I imagined I'd be doing, especially with you but here I am.

You have shown me how I deserve to be treated. Society says that chivalry is dead. For a while, I believed that until you came along. Chivalry is very much alive and you are living proof through your actions on how you make my heart feel. You told me your one goal is to keep me happy and your actions speak louder than words. This idea is something that several people struggle to understand still to this day. Just because a guy puts words in a girls mind which leads them fall in love with those words, doesn't necessarily mean the guys actions will live out through those words. This is the problem with our society and you opened my eyes to see that it wasn't true. You can tell any girl you love her, but until you prove it, how true is that statement we hold on to?

Thank you for showing me that I can be loved the right way. Until you came along, I tried to convince myself that I was happy with the wrong person. I tried to convince myself that I deserved less than what I was. For the first time, there isn't a day that goes by in which I doubt your feelings for me. I know what you have for me is real. For the first time, I found someone who wants me just as much as I want to be with them. You've brought me joy and I hope to give that back to you. I finally understand what people mean when they say "your happiness makes me happy".

As I finish up typing this letter, i'm going to crawl over to you and kiss you. That kiss is a staple of what you mean to me, for you mean so much to me. You might not know why or understand fully yet, but maybe one day you will. In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy every day I have with you, for every day is blessing and I know I'll be forever thankful that I got to experience this realization with you.

- Your girl