I send to you, across the miles...

[Carlisle Cullen MD]

My Darling Esme,

It is very important for me to express to you how much I love you. I wish I could do this in person while holding you in my arms and gazing into your eyes. But since we are physically separated by miles of emptiness, this expression must come via letters such as this.

I know it is difficult for you, as it is for me, to be separated for any amount of time. Even a mere 8 hour work day seems like an eternity when we're apart. Life seems to be full of trials which test our inner strength, and more importantly, our devotion and love for one another. After all, it is said that "True Love" is boundless and immeasurable and overcomes all forms of adversity. In truth, it is genuine, it grows stronger with each assault upon its existence.

Our love has been assaulted many times. The longer I am away from you, the greater is my need to be with you again. You are my heart, and I am eternally devoted to you. I cherish any thought of you, prize any memory of you that rises from the depths of my mind and live for the moment when our physical separation will no longer be.

Until that moment arrives, I send to you across the miles, my tender love, my warm embrace, and my most passionate of kisses.

Eternally yours,
Carlisle