You will never know what it means to me when I hear you say “I just wanted to hear your voice.”  It still amazes me!  You know that I hate to have my “touch” taken away….and I am usually too embarrassed to say things most of the time anyway…and yet….you are SO patient with me and guide me each step of the way, just to hear my voice! 

I know our “talking” serves many purposes.  Sometimes you want to hear me to make sure I am not trying to “hide” behind a keyboard.  It is SO much harder to hide emotions and illness when you speak to someone.  Sometimes you use it to make “sightseeing” and talking at the same time easier.  Sometimes you are tired or sleepy and just don’t want to expend the energy typing….and then…there are those rare occasions, when our emotions simply cannot be expressed by the written word, they must be spoken.  And I LOVE them all.  Each one of them gives me the opportunity to burn your voice….and your face to my memory.  But it is when you say “I just wanted to hear your voice.” that I love it the MOST.  I know there is nothing pressing, nothing that just HAD to be said, you are not too tired or distracted, there was just something at that moment that had to connect with ME on a deeper level! 

I will have to admit, I am often so astounded by it, that it embarrasses me a little and then I TRULY don’t know what to say!  After we part I often reprimand myself for having wasted such a wonderful opportunity!  It is easy for me to accept the fact that I want and need YOU, but for me to even THINK that the feelings are REALLY reciprocated, is more than I ever dreamed. 

Thank you love, for protecting me, for providing for me, for holding me when I am sick.  Thank you for loving me just as I am, for comforting me when I am sad and for sharing all your hopes and dreams with me.  Thank you for “talking” to me in the car and for dreaming of me at night.  Thank you for the many ways you make love to me….and mostly….thank you…for just wanting to hear my voice.

Immer……D