My flame, my phoenix, my laughter at midnight.
You taught me to find joy in the smallest things,
to carry light inside a message,
to stitch together a life from words sent across the dark.
From coast to coast, our love burned steady,
unfaltering through miles and silence,
a fire that refused to be dimmed.
Through distance we burned,
through longing we rose,
Now our love lives not only in fire,
but in the warmth of a home we share—
with Paul's steady strength beside us
and Autumn's bright laughter echoing through the rooms,