The Just Because issue
For Noah



No birthday. No anniversary. Nothing on the calendar. I just woke up today loving you so much it felt rude not to say it.
So here it is. A whole magazine, for no reason at all.

sunflowers on a Tuesday. you're welcome.


Two iced coffees, one front stoop, and a boy who could not stop smiling.
You lived on the second floor. I lived on the third. For six months we said hi on the steps. Then one July morning you came down with two coffees and asked if I wanted one. I did. I still do, every morning.Best neighbor I ever had. Best everything, actually.



for no reason at all

Loud, sudden and contagious. Strangers smile when they hear it.
Warm when mine are cold, and always reaching for me first.
I groan every time. I never, ever want you to stop.

You save me the last bite. Every. Single. Time.

you held the umbrella over me and got soaked. again.

912Days togetherAnd I would pick you again on every single one of them.
347Pancakes flippedYou burn the first one every time. I eat it every time.
1Cat who loves you moreBiscuit has made her choice. I respect it.
0Reasons neededNot for the flowers. Not for this. Not for loving you.
no occasion required.
My favorite days are the ones nobody else would photograph.







a record, a blanket, and nowhere to be

I stuck this on the mirror before you woke up. You were still asleep, hair everywhere, stealing the whole blanket.

There was no reason. There did not need to be. That is the whole point of you.

the city can keep its lights. I'll keep you.

No big day. No special occasion.
Just a Tuesday, just you, and me loving you on purpose.
Just because
with all my love, Ava
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