Love Letters to My Husband, You Leave Me Breathless

One of my favorite all-time quotes is, “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take by the moments to take our breath away. “

Let me profoundly and emphatically state there have been so many moments with my husband that utterly left me breathless. I will leave you to your imagination and state for most of those moments. It’s so much more.

The day my husband put the ring on my finger is one of those moments. If you understand the significance of such a moment, you know the meaning is so much more than you can ever possibly begin to iterate into words. The ring takes my breath away, and there are many more moments. I am utterly undone.

One thing I have learned so profoundly on our long-distance journey is that it is so worth it to know everything about your partner. I still don’t feel I know everything but I love learning all the parts of him. I love him teaching me Urdu! If you wonder well does she love him the purpose of these poems and stories should make that absolutely and completely clear. I ardently love Umair and I look forward to loving him more and more deeply and watching our relationship grow. I ache for him in ways impossible to describe. The time we spend apart in separate countries is the hardest to endure. Even though we spend our days texting and FaceTime videos it does not replace time physically spent with my husband. The fact is that USCIS and other immigration programs have to streamline programs to bring couples together and prevent painful long periods where couples are NOT ALLOWED to be together in the same home. When mom died the only thing I wanted a needed is my husband and my kids. Outside of them I am an orphan in the world. I have gained a massive family with my husband but allowing all of them to travel to me impossible, because USCIS wouldn’t even allow my husband and I time to grieve together physically. We grieved together as we were allowed on FaceTime but I begged for him to be allowed to travel so we could be together and was basically scolded for wanting to cut in line. Did I think I was more important. Well yes, I think in that moment it was important for us to be allowed to be together.

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