"I look at you now and feel my breath catch just as it did on that drizzly April day when your poor father walked you down the stairs and into marriage. And I think now, just as I did then, that I already have my share of blessings without ever counting past the first. You are my one, but that isn't the blessing. The first is knowing I am yours."
Jay Heinrichs wrote this to his wife, Dorothy, 28 years after that April day. It appeared on the first page of a book of photos of their life together, his anniversary gift to her.
”我注视着你,却难以抑制我的呼吸,就像在那个朦胧的四月,你的父亲和你一起走下楼,我们结婚了。此时此景,恍如往昔。我要对你献上我所有的爱,一丝不留。你是我的唯一,还不止这些,最重要的是我明白,我属于你。“
结婚28年后,杰把和妻子多洛斯共同生活的照片整理成册,作为结婚纪念礼物送给妻子。在扉页上,杰写下了这段话。