Dear First Lady

I know tradition has it that on this morning I place cards Happy Anniversary cards on your breakfast tray. But things are somewhat mixed up. I substituted a gift & delivered it a few weeks ago.

Still this is the day, the day that marks 31 years of such happiness as comes to few men. I told you once that it was like an adolescent's dream of what marriage should be like. That hasn't changed.

You know I love the ranch but these last two days made it plain I only love it when you are there. Come to think of it that's true of every place & every time. When you aren't there I'm no place, just lost in time & space.

I more than love you, I'm not whole without you. You are life itself to me. When you are gone I'm waiting for you to return so I can start living again.

Happy Anniversary & thank you for 31 wonderful years.
I love you
Your Grateful Husband

Love letter from
Ronald Reagan to his
First Lady Nancy Reagan.

While I take inspiration from the past,
like most Americans, I live for the future.
- Ronald Reagan

One of the things my life has taught me is how
important it is to try to say, "I love you"
in ways that can be preserved, looked at,
and read when you are alone or when there is
adversity or when circumstances bring separation.
In any case,...saying "I love you" is one of
the "secrets" of the happy marriage that Ronnie
and I have shared. Ronnie's letters move me to
this day. They are his gift to me across the years,
and throughout the decades of love.
- Nancy Reagan