Love Note from a 17 Year Old Girl - 1991


A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. -Jane Austen


I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you Jeff. I do. I do. I do. I love you so much. I love you more. I love you. You are so precious. I need you always. I love you forever. Think about you all the time. Can you read this? Could hug you to death. I love you. I love you. I love you. You I do love. Your gorgeous smile greets me every morning. I love you. I love you. I love you. My favorite person. Love the way you smell. Love the way you look. Love the way you wear your hair. Love the little things you do. Love who you are. Don't change. I love you. I love you. I love every square inch of you. You are the one. I don't want anybody else. I don't want to hold anybody else's hand. Only yours, yours, yours, yours. I'm so happy with you. I love to hear you breathing. I love to hear you laugh. I love to see you smile. I love to see you smile {at me}. I'm addicted to your love. Do you have any idea how much I love you? God's universe is not big enough to hold my love for you. I want to see you every day. I want to be with you every day of my life. I want you. I want to see you every day of my life. I want to run through fields with you. {You may laugh now.} I love your flowers. The flowers are you symbolically. {Except they die and you are indestructible.} I treasure my flowers. I treasure you. My flowers are beautiful. You are beautiful. Our flowers are unique. We are unique. I love you so much. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love your voice. I love you. I love you. I only think of you on two occasions - day and night.{not original} Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. Couldn't stand to be without you. How do I love thee. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love your eyes. I love your nose. I love your cold ears. I love your chin. I love your mouth. Yes I do. I know you do but I love to tell you anyway. Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. I love your name. Kimberly Bouldin. I love that name, too. I am so fortunate to be loved by you. I need you forever. Us forever. I hope you can read this. If you can't I'll write it in the sky but it's not big enough. I love you. I love you. I'm crazy over you. Not crazy {mentally} because I know that's what you're probably thinking. I think of you all the time. In fact, in case you don't know yet, I'm thinking of you now. Thinking about how you always make me laugh. Thinking about your hair getting in your face when you play basketball. Thinking about my hamster. {I really don't know why.} I love you. I couldn't share you with anybody else. Forgive me for saying this, but I don't want to share you. I can't help it. That's what you do to me. If I weren't in geometry right now, I'd turn cartwheels. Can I tell you something again? I love you so much. I hope reading this doesn't hurt your precious little eyes. "The kiss that's in your stare haunts me day and night." I read that in a poem. I haven't kissed you yet but I stare at you often. My kiss is in my stare. Remember that. When I look at you, I can't help but think how much I love you. I'll never get tired of telling you that. Never. Never. Never. Never. I can't wait until 1994. 3 years. To me, 2 1/2. I love you. I love you. I'm so happy. Jeff, I love you. I hope you'll always be able to put up with me. I'm going to read this out loud to you at our wedding. {Just kidding.} If you are ever missing me, just pull this little note out and read it. I love you and everybody that loves you and everybody that loves everybody that loves you. Well, most of them anyway. I'm glad I'm almost out of school. I can't wait until next year. I can't wait until the next time I see your glowing face again. I love you forever and ever.

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Jeff did carry this in his wallet for about 18 years. The letter became pretty fragile, though. I have a whole box of letters between us... but I'll spare you! At seventeen, I had no clue about real life and all the things that go along with love and marriage and everything it entails...It was all sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows back then! We were married two years later. :)

{Happy 18th Wedding Anniversay, dear! I love you, I love you, I love you...}

14 comments:

  1. This is so sweet and wonderful
    I am a new follower
    Love it all
    xxoo
    Pam

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  2. Kim,

    How precious is that? I think that sweet 17 year old knew everything she needed to know about love. She knew at a tender age who she loved. Thomas and I have boxes of letters too (and a journal we sent back and forth each reading the last entry and making our own.)
    Happy Anniversary! Have a wonderful day celebrating your love.

    Your Friend,
    Deborah

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  3. That is so sweet that he carried all this time! Happy Anniversary to you.
    Blessings,
    Sonya

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  4. Thank you for sharing... so precious!

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  5. Wow what a wonderful letter. It is to be treasured. I would frame it, now that it is becoming fragile. judy

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  6. Ahh..young love! I too was 17 when I met my husband to be, and we have been together ever since. Happy Anniversary! (and many more)

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  7. How wonderful! It's as precious as it is priceless! It warrants framing, don't you think? It's funny, I have been cleaning out closets lately and found one of my many journals that got separated from the rest. This one chronicled the first years of my marriage. Reading the entries made me smile and experience the joy all over again. Happy Anniversary Kim!

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  8. Hi Kim,

    That letter is so sweet.
    I wasn't in love at 17, but I remember how all encompassing even a crush could be at that age. :-)

    And its so nice to see you back blogging!
    My own posts have been sporatic at best. I have a hard time getting inspired during the grey days of winter.

    Take care,
    Kimberly

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  9. Oh my goodness, that is so sweet! Happy Anniversary!
    ☺ Celeste

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  10. A friend pointed me in the direction of your blog. Specifically this post. I think it's beautiful. My hubs and I are high school sweethearts who have been together for 18 years too.

    I love how you said "I had no clue about real life and all the things that go along with love and marriage and everything it entails...It was all sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows back then!"

    It's so true. Our marriage hasn't been all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows but I would never change any of it. Not one day because those hard times made us grow together in ways we could never have imagined at 19 and 20 years of age.

    Thank you and thank you to Michelle who pointed me in this direction.
    Hugs

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  11. Happy Anniversary, friend!
    This was the sweetest post, and I am inspired to go give my Mister a smooch RIGHT NOW!! :-)

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  12. How wonderful.... Not only that you have been married for 18 years, but Jeff chose to carry the love note from a 17 year old for all that time....

    So sweet.

    Warm blessings,
    Spencer

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