[MF4A] Ever Yours - Episode 2

Transcript

Hello dearest. Remember when you were suspicious about what your present was last week? I told you we'd keep it a secret.

Sorry, love. It wouldn't be a surprise if you found out. But it was really cute how you'd sneak around trying to peek and listen in.

Yes. Adorable. Well, you finally got your surprise, aunt.

Can I just say that I think it's a gift that we'll keep on giving. I should edit that out. Both of you like my little remarks.

Besides, this is from the heart. So you get what you get, princess. I bet our baby loves that.

A smile, a laugh, a cute little grimace with that little squinched up face. You roll your eyes. You both try to hide it.

God, you're lucky we think you're cute. Get on with the gift, please. We've waited this long.

Yes, yes, of course. The gift. Do you want to start? Thank you, babe.

Shifting back to you, baby. We'll start off with reading from. ..oh god.

Lane, you're just vibrating with the answer. Go on. Sorry.

Bean juice makes the brain go brrrr. No more before we do the others and. ..

Not yet. Oh, oops. Well, you start it then.

Sure. You're so smart, love. And how you like our use of words and our voices.

I mean, being with two VAs and all that. Yes, well, I can't wait to see what you think when you get this. We thought about it when we talked about how we memorized one of your favorite poems, the How Do I Love Thee?

As our way of showing how much we love you is not separate, but that it takes us to complete it together. And we want you to be reminded of that. So we're recording it.

And I think I'll start. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height. My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight, for the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day's most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.

I love thee freely as men strive for right. I love thee purely as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use, in my old griefs and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seem to lose, with my lost saints. I love thee with the breath. Smiles, tears of all my life.

And if God choose. I shall love thee better after death. And now you'll get to hear it whenever you wish.

And we'll still repeat it in person whenever you want. But the poem inspired us to make this little audio as an introduction to the rest of your gift of one of your favorite Warn books. If you guessed it, the two of us are going to read from both volumes of the Browning Letters piece by piece, just building up over time.

Committed to no matter how long it takes to get it done. We really hope you like your present, sweetie. And we look forward to reading them all, really.

With some of our own words mixed in. I'd like to mention that you don't need to worry that I'll be mimicking in English accent or anything. Don't? We're reading it as ourselves.

Oh my God. To you, and not acting them. Uh.

Huh. This really is from the heart. And we want you to feel how much we care for you.

I see why you like them. And we wanted you to look forward to each audio that we complete. Yeah.

It really adds to their story. I like how much there was love between the two poets. And how you drew some parallels with us and them.

Again, we want you to feel that care we have for you through the letters. And with our words and voices. As ever yours.

And ours.