Happy Anniversary, Grant

My Dearest Wife,

When we started out everyone said it was a bad plan
and that we could never make it. They said you and I
barely knew one another and that we should just step
back and make a rational decision. You and I had the
instant connection that is so rare, we determined that
we weren’t going to let it go and we have been working
on that goal ever since. I’m amazed that we were able
to further our relationship even while I was gone for
6 months and you planned our wedding from scratch and
made it just so perfect.  We have our rough patches
and our happy ones, like the first and last month of
every trip out, like Wisconsin, and like this entire
trip, but I know my life would be so much more of a
rough patch without you in it.

This day marks another moment for us to look back and
tell those people that we have made it work, that our
love has out weighted all the struggles and
difficulties that we have been through.

I’ve spent so much time missing you and can happily
say that that time is almost at an end. Very soon I’ll
be returning to stay and see what kind of relationship
we can further forge. Are you ready to spend that time
with me?

Always Love,
Your Husband.

My Darling Husband,

I am so completely read to spend time with you–any time at all. That fact should be evident, as I have said so many times that I’d rather be struggling to get by or living in a shelter with you than to have you gone again so that we may be "comfortable."

We have made it so very far, haven’t we? Against all odds, against all bets… it never made any sense, but love didn’t listen, so neither did we.

Today marks two years of being your wife, two years of knowing, without doubt, that I would never be alone in this world again, two years of knowing that I safe, loved, and cherished. I can’t tell you how much that has meant to me. There are so many things I can never begin to thank you for.

I cannot thank you for all the times you get up early to call me, even on your only day to sleep in. I cannot thank you for trying over and over and over again to be as supportive as you can in everything I pursue. I cannot thank you for giving me the control I need to feel as if I am contributing. I cannot thank you for being my compass, silently pointing me in the direction of our future. I cannot thank you for these things because there are no words with which I could begin.

There are so many nights lately when I lie in bed, worried about the future. Will we get this job or that one? Or none at all? How can I plan a move when I do not know where we’re moving? What will we do if I can’t graduate, if I fail? The only thing that keeps me sane, the thing that helps me to push forward through the unknown is the certainty that you will be there with me. The knowledge that we will be figuring life out together reminds me that everything will turn out just fine… just as it always has, despite all odds, despite all bets.

Our love, our connection was undeniable. Our marriage, despite the bickering and "rough" patches, is unshakable. Though this is just another day that I will spend loving you, today marks the two year anniversary of the day my world found meaning… and though I may never have the words to thank you for all that you’ve given me, I look forward to searching for them, each and every day, for the rest of our lives.

Love Forever,
Your Wife