Hold on tight

She was laying next to me in bed while I was reading, promising she could fall asleep with the light on.  She reached over for my hand intertwining her fingers with mine.  I glanced over to look at her and when we make eye contact a smile spreads across her face. I could not help but to smile back, all the while fighting back tears of absolute happiness for a love so deep an unending.  In her sweet voice she asked me to hold on tightly, so that I did.  Shortly after she fell asleep while holding my hand.