Still the One

See that guy up there, the one in the knock your socks off white prince charming ensemble? Yep, that was August of 2000 and I knew even then that he was "the ONE." So here we are 9 years, 3 deployments and 2 kids later. This isn't the blog for our love story but it is a testament to our commitment. I have recently calculated the percentage of our married life that he has been gone and it lands somewhere around 40% (I'm a "glass half-full kinda girl"). I always say our pre-married life was conditioning us for our future together. We wrote and called long distance from Auburn, AL to West Point, NY more than most people would have been willing to do. At least then I got to see him every 6 weeks or so. I love that we spent the first year of marriage paying off those plane tickets! My recent Bible study eluded to the fact that there are No coincidences, only instances in which God chooses to remain anonymous. I love knowing that despite the hardships, I'd always rather be married to him half a world away than be married to anyone else. Today a rather large bouquet of flowers was sitting on my doorstep delivered from the other side of the globe just for me! There was no holiday or occasion, just flowers. Funny how songs always seem to say what you are feeling and recently I was listening to the newly discovered Pandora and I hear the song "Lucky" by Jason Mraz and Colby Caillat. Here are the lyrics that seem so fitting and needless to say, I think I'm "LUCKY."

Do you hear me,
I'm talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I'm lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday