My Dearest, Edward.
You might role your eyes at the thought of me writing this to you, instead of merely telling you, after all, i am not generally a shy woman, and neither are you. but there are things i feel that are easier expressed, once you put pen to paper.
like how very proud i am, to have you, for my husband.
Your bravery, your eagerness to learn, and willingness to stand up for your believes are but a few of the reasons why i admire you so very much. I Remember the first time i saw you, facing an impossible fight, to protect a woman who you didn’t owe anything. - and then standing up to Matthew’s goon, when he took the law into his own hands. Finding a man willing to put himself at risk for stranger’s simply because his sense of Morals compelled him to. it’s rear, and i am aware of how lucky i am.
you’re good with people, you always know what to say to get the out come you want. and i promise you, come spring, Father will open his eyes to your potential. you are after all, his son by law and especially now where you’ve learned to read, and your writing is coming along nicely.
That being said, my love, i wish you would be more patient, with the world around you. For while i do not doubt, that there is a great destiny awaiting you, i can’t help but think, how Rome wasn’t build in a day and that you’re not yet 20, you have an entire life ahead of you, - you’re not in any rush.
Please, don’t think you have to do anything drastic to support me. These past months, here with you, and your family, have been the happiest of my adult life, there is no fear or confusion in my heart, no need to conform to the oceans of unwritten rules that the upper class place upon themselves. You don’t ask any more of me, than what i already am. when you smile at me, I feel accepted. Thank you for that, Sweet Edward. it’s all i’ve ever wanted.
Perhaps i am not as good to you, as you are me? - if so i apologize, and all i can say in my defense, is that i wish, you would be better at expressing your own feelings to me. perhaps write them down if they are difficult to talk about. We’re partners, legally, physically and emotionally, i promised to stand by you for better or for worse, won’t you allow me to?