I am sat here in my meeting about to give my talk when you have done it to me again – your email! I am trying not to cry and to keep myself together here……

The most extraordinary poetic sentiment and love. I am dumbfounded, overwhelmed and very very humbled.

It is nowhere near enough but it is all I can say – I love you my darling beautiful one with all my heart x.

Hello my beautiful one – I will miss you whilst away but will come back to find you later. Magical and loving moments this morning – apologies re the reckless bit but I did say that you disrupt me! Who would guess?

Every day in every way I love you more – every day you show me what a beautiful and wonderful soul you are and it is pure heaven. Thank you for wanting me.

I love you so very much x.

Hello my lovely one – not long until I see you – and so I feel so much happier. I just want to see that enchanting smile which melts my heart. I need to hold you and keep you safe with me.

I love you very much indeed x.

Can’t sleep – need you here with me. I love you x.

I have been dreaming of you and your smile – you gentle “hello” in my head too. Counting down the nights until we can be together.

I love you x.

Deeply in love with you – every day more and more. I want to be the one who cares for you, who looks after you, who keeps you safe and makes you smile.

I love you my beautiful one x.

I read your email from New Year – and now I’m crying. It happens every time I read it. No one has ever me shown me the love that you do. That email just breaks my heart – it is an extraordinary thing. And as I said before, in an entire lifetime I will never write anything like that – not even close. It is the most exquisite tangible instance of love that I have ever seen – and what really makes me catch my breath is that it is about me.

So that’s why I cry – the most beautiful woman, telling me that she loves me – and so I am overwhelmed.

I really need to see you, to hold you, to feel you next to me. Tomorrow cannot come soon enough.

I love you x.

Rowed 7km, then went for a walk. Sat out in the dark for a bit – not cold today – some constellations, Jupiter. And then there is you – looking into the distance just stars and the very beautiful you. I hear you talking – you make me laugh – exhorting “No one told me about this refresh thing – where are my messages? What is this?”; the very rapid decision making – option 1 – “we are NOT doing that!”. I hear your sad voice, I hear your tearful voice, I hear your happy voice, I hear your loving voice – I hear all of you – and you make me whole. You make me realise that telling someone that you love them is the second best feeling in the world – second only to the very best feeling which is the love that I see in your smile – like the day when I saw you just before we went to eat with the visitors from Scandinavia. No one has ever smiled at me like that – and that smile is burnt into my soul for ever more – I will never ever forget that….

In every way you are extraordinary – simply everything.

I love you my darling beautiful one x.