He is my husband.
He is wonderful.
He is funny.
He is caring.
He is strong, both physically and emotionally.
He is hyper.
He has ADD (unofficially diagnosed by......ME!)
He has beautiful blue eyes.
The best smile I have ever seen.
Just the right amount of fuzz on his head he calls "hair".
The most awesome arms ever (hey, I'm an arm girl...)And lots of tattoos.
I met my hubby 12 years ago working at our job, we were both officers at the prison. He was married with a kid, I was married with 2 kids. We were friends. Very good friends who loved being around each other and made each other laugh. He had a crush on me (but I didn't really know it) and I had a crush on him (but I was married)
I would have loved an opportunity to have more than a friendship with him, but we were both married with children, and I respected that.
We talked, we emailed, we hung out after work sometimes.
Then..................he transferred. Over an hour away, to another prison.
I was heartbroken.
Will I ever see him again?
Will I ever hear from him again?
We kept in touch. Our birthdays are 6 days apart.
We talked on our birthdays, the holidays.
I got divorced.
He got divorced.
One day I did something TOTALLY out of character for me. You see, there really wasn't a day that ever went by that I did not think of him sometime thru the day. Thinking of him always made me smile. So I sat down at the computer, sent him an email and spilled my guts. Told him how I felt.
And guess what............he called.
We talked.
He came to see me.
We talked, we hugged.
He called more.
We talked for hours and hours and I am not exagerrating.
We started "dating". Could not possibly get enough of each other.
He transferred back.
He proposed.
He moved in with us.
My kids loved him! (phew!)
My family loved him! (phew phew!!)
My friends even loved him, because he made me so happy.
Pretty much the best day of my 33 years of life...............May 7, 2009---we were united in marriage.
Never thought I would do it again, but I couldn't wait to marry this man.
I had waited 12 years for this moment.
It was small, at the court house, short, but sweet and absolutely 100% PERFECT.
My dad and step mom were there.
Our kids were there.
His mom and step dad were there.
My best friend in the world was there.
All these people we love so much, there, by our side, sharing in our wonderful day.
It was PERFECT.
My husband has no idea how much I love him and care about him. I try to show him, but I know he has no idea.
He takes out the trash.
He gets me coffee pretty much every morning.
He wakes me up.
He loves me.
He cares about me.
He talks to me and listens to me.
He makes me feel safe.
He makes me feel secure.
He makes me feel confident and beautiful, like there is nothing in life I can't do.
Most of these things I have never before had in my life, but always so desperately wanted them.
Now don't get me wrong, we have had some very rough times.
It's not easy mixing families, having step children.
But we are going to make it.
We took vows. We made promises. And we are going to stick it out.....Forever.
I love this man more than anything.
If I had 100 more years on earth to spend with him, it still wouldn't be enough.
He is my partner, my husband, my best friend......
MY SOULMATE.
