To Love And To Cherish

Brace yourselves, this blog is a bit mushy.

Six years ago I made the best decision of my life; I married Brent. Since then our marriage has grown into something that we both treasure and protect. There is a long story on what it took for us to get to the point of marriage that maybe I'll write about some other day but today I just want to say that I really love this man. Seriously, he is an amazing guy and I keep trying to figure out what I did that was so great to deserve him. He's brilliant and yet so humble you would never know just how smart he is. Everything about him is true to who he is, his words, his actions--there is no pretense, just honesty. He is not one to lavish on me or spew out romance constantly but there are words and letters (oh, he writes the most beautiful letters) spoken from the heart and I never have to question if he really means it or is he just saying it.
I use to work at a tv station that aired the Dr. Phil show and I would have to watch it and there was one thing that Dr. Phil said that I've never forgotten. He talked about how a husband should always aim to treat his wife in such a way that if she walked into a room filled with hundreds of other women she would feel that no one there was as loved and respected by their husbands as she was. The room could be filled with thousands of women and I know this would be true for me. And honestly, it just makes me want to love and respect him more.
You'd think I would be really sad that we can't be together this year on our anniversary but you know, I'm really okay with it. The doorbell rang yesterday and when I opened it all I saw was this enormous bouquet of flowers with legs at the bottom of it. Right after I brought them in the house Brent called and then we were able to chat online and see each other with our webcams. It wasn't a candlelight dinner at a fancy restaurant but it was still wonderful. However, I do hope this is the last anniversary that we spend apart.