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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

I feel lost. . . .



I have never been apart from my true love and best friend for more than just a couple weeks. . . I am going on my 3rd week away from him and I feel lost a little inside. I thought maybe it would make me feel better to dedicate this post to him, my soul mate and the only man who REALLY knows me.

Bryan is an amazing man. Each day I feel like I have something I don't know how I earned him. I am not just saying he's amazing, I have proof:

Things Bryan does WILLINGLY, and never complains~
1) Laundry. . . he even irons his own clothes
2) Dishes, without being asked
3) Cooks Dinner about 3-4 days out of the week
4) Tells me I am beautiful every day
5) Carried me when I was too sick to walk
6) Stayed by my bedside through a double lung transplant
7) Loves me just the way I am and puts no one above me~ even himself
8) Supports my interests and hobbies. .. from old VW bugs to my scrapbooking
9) He lets me talk and talk and talk and talk and never makes me feel like I should "shut up"
10) He Believes in Me! He encourages me, He is Honest with me, He loves me!
11) My Favorite quality of Bryan's is his sense of humor. . . .he makes me laugh every single day~




Love is a fabulous and complicated thing. I wasn't looking for love or marriage when I met Bryan, I had big plans of making it big in New York City. Love makes us do things that seem crazy or difficult. Love makes us better. Without love, what would be the point of living? Bryan was my reason to fight for my life. What else did I really have to fight for? But the thought of saying "goodbye" to him hurt worse than all the pain CF was causing me. Knowing Bryan would be alone, lost, sad and hurt pushed me through times even when giving up would have been easier. . . . I love Bryan more than myself. I cry when I think of what Bryan endured during my transplant, and I know he experienced many things that I wanted to save him from. He is the man of my dreams, he makes me happy. My heart still skips a beat after almost 11 years of marriage. How do we stay so in love?. . . . . we are each others best friend. There is no one else I would rather be with and he would say the same.

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2 comments:

Cammi said...

I love this post. SO SWEET. You're so blessed to have a soul mate with you always. Bryan is such a great guy! I'm so glad you have each other. You both deserve someone great - and you both have someone great!

October 27, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Jen said...

Oh how sweet. What an awesome brother I have! (and sis-in-law too!) Love the pic of him with the hula hoop! :)

October 28, 2009 at 8:28 AM

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