My Dearest Edward,
Today makes twenty years we've been married. Twenty years since I saw you under that canopy of flowers where you stood waiting for me. Most of my human memories have long since faded into the darkness, but that one still burns brightest in my mind. I could never forget how handsome you looked as you waited for me. I remember being annoyed at the slowness of the march down the aisle. I felt like I couldn't get to you fast enough. When Charlie placed my hand in yours, I knew without a doubt that you were all I was ever going to need in this crazy world. You've given me so very much that I could never return. You gave me this immortal life that I get to spend forever by your side, and each day I thank the heavens that you did. I can imagine no life without you.
You gave me our wonderful, beautiful Renesmee, another gift I could never thank you enough for. Before she came into our lives the thought of having a child never really crossed my mind, but from the moment I found out I was pregnant with her, I knew she too was also something I couldn't live without. The thought of a child made out of the love that we share was so precious to me. How could she not be? She comes from you, my wonderful angel. And through her you gave me my best friend back. Until her birth I couldn't fit the pieces of you, Jacob and myself together, but I knew we all belonged in each other's lives. Through our daughter, I gained a son in my best friend and they blessed us with our three grandchildren. The love of these five people would not have been possible if you never came into my life. By having me in your life, I gained two brothers and two sisters that I love with every fiber in my being and I also gained two parents that are more loving and caring than any I know of.
Over the last twenty years we have also experienced pain. The passing of Billy, a dear friend. Sue Clearwater, a woman I hold dear to me for loving my father as much as she did. Charlie… How I miss him still to this day and Renee… at times I wonder if not telling her the secret of our life was a mistake? But even with the sadness that these times brought, there was always the one thing that shined brighter than any other, you.
Even if it were possible to repay you for all the things listed above, I know there is no way to ever thank you enough for giving yourself to me. You are the half of me that makes me better than ever before. The love you give me makes me happier than you could ever possibly know my love. After all these years, I still feel now what I felt the very first time your lips touched mine. So, I thank you Edward. Thank you for choosing me. Thank you for keeping me and thank you for loving me the way you do. All I can hope for is that I make you feel just a portion of how you make me feel my love. I love you always.
Love your wife, Bella Cullen