I immediately replied, "Sometimes."
Her wide smile shrunk and her big brown eyes drooped. She stopped in her tracks, with a shock in her expression that would have absorbed the worst of fears.
After a stark moment of silence, I continued to explain, "Sometimes I love you more than you could ever imagine; sometimes I love you for the person you are becoming; sometimes I love you for the person you are creating within me, sometimes I love you for your strengths; sometimes I love you for facing your weaknesses; sometimes I love you just because I do. But, never forget that I will always love you, forever...beyond the sometimes."
