I am…A Wife
I am a wife. I have a wonderful husband whom I’ve been married to for over twelve years now. My goal is his happiness, his goal is my happiness.
I love my husband very much. We met back in December of 2002. We were both in the Army at the time, stationed in Hawaii. He got there about a year before I did. When I first got there, I would take walks getting to know the base I was going to be living on.
It was on one of those walks, December 23, 2002, that I met the man who made me his wife. It wasn’t even him who I talked to first. One of the other guys living in his barracks asked if I wanted to hang out with them, I had just arrived and was trying to meet people so thought that would be a good way to make some friends.
Well, this person did not want to just hang out, he wanted to go watch a movie. I did not want to watch a movie. We were out on the lanai going back and forth about that when Sam comes out. “Nice tattoo” as he walks up behind me were his first words to me.
We were essentially inseparable from there. We hung out every day. I kept telling him we were just friends, he kept pretending he believed me. Then, we went out on Saturday, January 4th to celebrate my birthday which was on the 5th. After we got back, about 2:00 that morning, he asked me to marry him. It wasn’t planned, just all of the sudden, out of nowhere, he asked me while we were just sitting there.
I said yes. And our journey began. It wasn’t as easy as it sounds from that! He left for a little over a month a couple days after that. Army training thousands of miles away. I was insecure and didn’t think he would come back for me because nobody ever did. But he meant it. He came back for me and he came back with a ring so he could ask me right.
April 21, 2003 I became a wife, his wife, his forever wife. It was a small Justice of the Peace wedding. We were still in Hawaii and had, essentially, nothing. It worked for us. Neither of us were or are very flashy, look at me people.
We made our way despite disagreeances by our family. His parents were a little wary about how fast we were moving, my mom wondered “how could a boy love a girl with a baby”. We never questioned it, though. We were in love and knew we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together.
Of course, we’ve had our trials and tribulations. I am not in the Army anymore, but he is. I am an Army wife. I know the hardships of deployments and training and field problems and schools and ever changing schedules. Thankfully, it is not that bad for us anymore, but it was hard for a while.
We were always there for each other through those times, no matter how hard it got though. And we are still here for each other today. More than twelve years later. I don’t know where I would be without my husband. He has gotten me through so many things and has been the only one there for me when I truly did not have anyone else.
I know twelve years is not very long. Both of our parents got divorced at fourteen years. That number haunts me a little bit. I’ve put it in my head that if we make it past that, then we are good forever. And I can’t imagine my life without him. He’s a good husband, a great dad and an overall good guy.
I love being his wife. I love how he understands me even when he doesn’t have a clue. I love how he supports me in any crazy thing I want to try next, even when I don’t support myself. I love how he tries to help me believe there are more hours in the day then there are so I can get things done. I love how he’ll do things with me even though he looks at me like I’m crazy when I say I want to do them.
I am a wife, I am his wife, his forever wife and I only hope he knows that I am there for him the same way he is there for me. I only hope I am giving him everything he needs and deserves in this life for everything he is to me.
My First Book – “the loss of A MOTHER’s loss” is available NOW!!
http://www.amazon.com/loss-MOTHERs-Jennifer-Shriver-ebook/dp/B00Y7I7L4O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433774263&sr=8-1&keywords=jennifer+shriver
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and please feel free to review it at
http://askdavid.com/reviews/book/mother/11224
I am a wife. I have a wonderful husband whom I’ve been married to for over twelve years now. My goal is his happiness, his goal is my happiness.
I love my husband very much. We met back in December of 2002. We were both in the Army at the time, stationed in Hawaii. He got there about a year before I did. When I first got there, I would take walks getting to know the base I was going to be living on.
It was on one of those walks, December 23, 2002, that I met the man who made me his wife. It wasn’t even him who I talked to first. One of the other guys living in his barracks asked if I wanted to hang out with them, I had just arrived and was trying to meet people so thought that would be a good way to make some friends.
Well, this person did not want to just hang out, he wanted to go watch a movie. I did not want to watch a movie. We were out on the lanai going back and forth about that when Sam comes out. “Nice tattoo” as he walks up behind me were his first words to me.
We were essentially inseparable from there. We hung out every day. I kept telling him we were just friends, he kept pretending he believed me. Then, we went out on Saturday, January 4th to celebrate my birthday which was on the 5th. After we got back, about 2:00 that morning, he asked me to marry him. It wasn’t planned, just all of the sudden, out of nowhere, he asked me while we were just sitting there.
I said yes. And our journey began. It wasn’t as easy as it sounds from that! He left for a little over a month a couple days after that. Army training thousands of miles away. I was insecure and didn’t think he would come back for me because nobody ever did. But he meant it. He came back for me and he came back with a ring so he could ask me right.
April 21, 2003 I became a wife, his wife, his forever wife. It was a small Justice of the Peace wedding. We were still in Hawaii and had, essentially, nothing. It worked for us. Neither of us were or are very flashy, look at me people.
We made our way despite disagreeances by our family. His parents were a little wary about how fast we were moving, my mom wondered “how could a boy love a girl with a baby”. We never questioned it, though. We were in love and knew we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together.
Of course, we’ve had our trials and tribulations. I am not in the Army anymore, but he is. I am an Army wife. I know the hardships of deployments and training and field problems and schools and ever changing schedules. Thankfully, it is not that bad for us anymore, but it was hard for a while.
We were always there for each other through those times, no matter how hard it got though. And we are still here for each other today. More than twelve years later. I don’t know where I would be without my husband. He has gotten me through so many things and has been the only one there for me when I truly did not have anyone else.
I know twelve years is not very long. Both of our parents got divorced at fourteen years. That number haunts me a little bit. I’ve put it in my head that if we make it past that, then we are good forever. And I can’t imagine my life without him. He’s a good husband, a great dad and an overall good guy.
I love being his wife. I love how he understands me even when he doesn’t have a clue. I love how he supports me in any crazy thing I want to try next, even when I don’t support myself. I love how he tries to help me believe there are more hours in the day then there are so I can get things done. I love how he’ll do things with me even though he looks at me like I’m crazy when I say I want to do them.
I am a wife, I am his wife, his forever wife and I only hope he knows that I am there for him the same way he is there for me. I only hope I am giving him everything he needs and deserves in this life for everything he is to me.
My First Book – “the loss of A MOTHER’s loss” is available NOW!!
http://www.amazon.com/loss-MOTHERs-Jennifer-Shriver-ebook/dp/B00Y7I7L4O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433774263&sr=8-1&keywords=jennifer+shriver
or
https://www.createspace.com/5471243
and please feel free to review it at
http://askdavid.com/reviews/book/mother/11224