April 2016, United Kingdom
I didn't trust myself that I'd be able to do this at all. So I've given him a list of things that I needed to say on the grounds that he has proven to be a much less moist public speaker.
Socially moist.
So there are just two people that I have to speak to myself.
To my sister, Sarah.
[Title … blah blah people cried]
And to my husband ... and when I started thinking about what I should say to you, I thought I might describe you as my rock, but the more that word sat there on the page, the less suitable it seemed for you.
Rocks are hard and cold and unmoving and you are none of those things. You are not a rock. You are more of a mattress ... and that's not just because I've had some of the best times of my life .... . You are warm, you are inviting, you are the centre of my home, you are my solace ... and very hard to get out of a house without help.