This book is dedicated to the author's wife Itamara. It explores the many aspects of their relationship that the author loves, including cheering each other's successes, listening to each other's heartbeats, getting through fears together, finding each other easy to be with, not wanting to be apart, being parents together, enjoying talking and listening to each other, doing things together, pleasing each other, holding each other, feeling supported in daring anything, understanding alone time is needed, growing together, not laughing at but with each other, supporting each other, feeling secure and able to trust, being comforted when down, feeling glad when reunited, sharing stories and the world, sharing good and bad moments, respecting each

1. To my dear wife,
Itamara.
Loving you
is...
From your
husband,
Gerson A. M.
This book is dedicated to the love of my life...

2. ...cheering the best momments in
life with someone who
understands us and support each
step we make and vibrates when
success is achieved...

3. ... Listening to your heartbeat and
feeling in harmony with the
universe...

4. ...getting rid off our fears
together and feeling free to
express our happiness...

5. ... Easy, because
you’re fun to be with
and also because
each day I admire
more the wonderful
human being you
are...

6. ...not wanting to
let go of you...

7. ...learning to be a father with
you and not minding in asking
or giving advice on how to take
care of out childrem...

8. ...enjoying talking
and –most of all -
listening to you...

9. ... Doing the things we like
together...

10. ...feeling pleasure in
pleasing you...

11. ...holding you tight
and feeling bliss in
doing this...

12. ...not being afraid of
being who I am of daring
to do anything, because I
know you are always
there to support me...

13. ...understanding
we all need a space
of our own to be
alone now and
then...

14. ...growing and learning
together...

15. ...laughing with and not at
each other...

16. ...supporting each other...

17. ...feeling secure and that you
can trust...

18. ...missing your
absence and
reconsidering the
mistakes I’ve
made...

19. ...being conforted by you when
I’m down...

20. ...feeling glad when you are
back...

21. ...sharing and
writing our own
stories...

22. Having fun
together...

23. ...discovering new
paths and the
world together...

24. ...sharing the good
and the bad
momments...

25. ...respecting each
others freedom...

26. ...being an
inspiration to
each other and
never giving up on
one another...

27. ...learning to see
things on each
other’s
perspective...

28. ...but most of all,
loving you is
wanting to get
older with you by
my side...
I DO LOVE YOU,
Itamara... Because
you are my other
half, my soulmate.

29. THE END
Author: Gerson Araujo de moura
Editorial Supervisor: Teacher: Gerson A. Moura
Illustrator: nidihi
Publisher: www.storybird.com
Summer 2014
A project from ‘Cilc’s Writing Club’: “Café Literário”
Dedicated to my beloved wife
CILC: Centro Interescolar de Línguas de Ceilândia