I cannot possibly list them all, but here are a few, very specific ones:
- Your sense of humo(u)r.
- Your intelligence (I will say forever that you are crazy smart).
- Your generosity and how giving you are with everyone you meet.
- Your selflessness and how you make everyone feel like a priority.
- Your curiosity to always learn.
- Your patience, especially with me on my hardest days.
- Your resilience, especially how you manage to surpass everything that tries to throw you down (you are indeed the strongest person I've ever met, including myself).
- Your tendency to organize things the way you like them (the best way of course).
- Your whimsy, which I know you've had for long before we met.
- Your accent (both Pakistani and Ecuadorian).
- Your sense of empathy (that I learned you do feel, and deeply).
- Your wonky drawings (of hearts and other things).
- Your speechlessness when I write you a love letter.
- Your melodic laugh, my favorite sound in the world (!!).
- Your bravery (even through the worst, scariest horror movies I've ever seen).
- Your little dance (when eating something delicious, when you tell me I look pretty, when celebrating, whenever--please never stop doing it).
- Your ability to make conversation with literally anyone.
- The way you call me meri jaan, bubba, baby, or any other affectionate nickname.
- How beautiful you look when I make a joke and you burst out laughing.
- Your fashion sense and how you help me pick out what to wear.
- The nonsensical speech you give when I wake you up (Dr. Pepper Dexter's Laboratory?).
- Your tenderness, which mainly comes out with me.
- The comfort that comes with your embrace.
- The look in your eyes before you tell a joke.
- The way you ruffle your hair to fluff it up.
- The glances you shoot me when we're in public.
- Your absolutely stunning brown eyes that I could drown in any day.
- Your music taste and all of the songs you've shown me.
- When you grab my waist while we're in public.
- The jokes that I can't help laughing at (stop calling me a Mexican).
- Your angelic voice.
- Your british way of spelling things.
- How protective you are with me.
- The way you readjust to hug me while you're asleep (and always end up hugging me tighter).
- Your handwriting (that I've been obsessed with since day one).
- Your little run (either away or to me--it's the cutest thing ever either way).
- The way you've been able to drag me out of my shell since the second we met.
- Your eyebrows, so expressive and perfect on your face.
- Your lips, always so soft and eager to kiss me.
- Your beauty marks, small and spread out across your face.
- Your cheeks, one of my favorite parts of you to kiss.
- The look on your face when you lock in.
- The glances you shoot at me when you're studying.
- Your hands, be it on my hands, face, waist, or wherever you want to put them as long as they're on me.
- Your resting face and how it lights up when you see me.
- Your cutie nose.
- The happy flicker in your eyes every time you look at me.
- Your cackle when you watch a funny video (extra points when I can't understand it but just your laugh makes me laugh).
- The expression and sound you make when you like my outfit.
- Your sleepiness when I wake you up from your naps.
- Your muscles (I'm Very Normal).
- The softness with which you wake me up every day.
- Your spectacular musical talent.
- The way your eyes slightly open when I kiss you goodbye each morning.
And one last one, to start our next year off right:
- Everything you have ever done for me, be it with platonic or romantic intentions, that has fundamentally changed me as a person and I keep in my heart like a locket.