A Special Poem

The quote I found, reminded me of a poem Grant gave me when we were dating. I felt that the poem captured our love so well. It is now one of our favorites!! :) I know it is long, but it is well worth reading!!

I Like You
by: Sandol Stoddard Warburg

I like you and I know why.
I like you because you are a good person to like.
I like you because when I tell you something special, you know it's special
And you remember it a long, long time.
You say, Remember when you told me something special
And both of us remember
When I think something is important, you think it's important too
We have good ideas.
When I say something funny, you laugh
I think I'm funny and you think I'm funny too, Hah-hah!
I like you because you know where I'm ticklish
And you don't tickle me there except just a little tiny bit sometimes
But if you do, then I know where to tickle you too
You know how to be silly
That's why I like you, Boy are you ever silly!
I never met anybody sillier than me till I met you
I like you because you know when it's time to stop being silly
Maybe day after tomorrow, maybe never
Too late, it's a quarter past silly
Sometimes we don't say a word
We snurkle under fences, we spy secret places
If I am a goofus on the roofus hollering my head off, you are one too
If I pretend I am drowning, you pretend you are saving me
If I am getting ready to pop a paper bag, then you are getting ready to jump
HOORAY
That's because you really like me
You really like me, don't you
And I really like you back, And you like me back and I like you back
And that's the way we keep on going every day
If you go away, then I go away to, or if I stay home, you send me a postcard
You don't just say, Well see you around sometime, bye
I like you a lot because of that
If I go away, I send you a postcard too
And I like you because if we go away together
And if we are in Grand Central Station
And if I get lost, then you are the one that is yelling for me
And I like you because when I am feeling sad, you don't always cheer me up right away Sometimes it is better to be sad
You can't stand the others being so googly and gaggly every single minute
You want to think about things, it takes time
I like you because if I am mad at you, then you are mad at me
Its awful when the other person isn't
They are so nice and hoo-hoo you could just about punch them in the nose
I like you because if I think I am going to throw up, then you are really sorry
You don't just pretend you are busy looking at the birdies and all that
You say, maybe it was something you ate
You say, the same thing happened to me one time and the same thing did
If you find two four-leaf clovers, you give me one
If I find four, I give you two
If we only find three, we keep on looking
Sometimes we have good luck, and sometimes we don't
If I break my arm, and if you break your arm too,
Then it's fun to have a broken arm
I tell you about mine, you tell me about yours
We are both sorry
We write our names and draw pictures
We show everybody and they wish they had a broken arm too
I like you because, I don't know why but everything that happens is nicer with you
I can't remember when I didn't like you, it must have been lonesome then
I like you because because because... I forget why I like you but I do
So many reasons
On the 4th of July I like you because it's the 4th of July
On the fifth of July, I like you too
If you and I had some drums and some horns and some horses
If we had some hats and some flags and some fire engines
We could be a HOLIDAY
We could be a CELEBRATION
We could be a WHOLE PARADE
See what I mean?
Even if it was the 999th of July
Even if it was August
Even if it was way down at the bottom of November
Even if it was no place particular in January, I would go on choosing you
And you would go on choosing me, over and over again
That's how it would happen every time
I don't know why, I guess I don't know why I really like you
Why do I like you
I guess I just like you
I guess I just like you because I like you.