Time to Gush

Yes. It's that time: the time when I have the sudden urge to gush about my husband. This urge was most likely prompted by the spouses deployment reunion brief we had last night; this deployment is almost over! While I was sitting there listening to all of the advice the Marine Corps Family Team Building director was giving us, I couldn't help but daydream about the day I finally get to wrap my arms around that man again (I think all of the wives were daydreaming as well, so I'm not the only guilty one).

I also started looking back at all of the wonderful times we've had together so far...and looking forward to all the times we'll soon have.
One of the things that really jumps out at me about those past times is the amount of support that Clayton has given me through everything. I know I already did a little bit of gushing in my opening post, but I just have to do more. He really has been my rock, through both good times and bad. On the days where I wake up and wonder where my photography is going to take me, if anywhere, and on the days where my confidence has been shot, he is always right there, cheering me on, saying, "You can do it, hun. And even if things don't work out, just remember you will always have me to fall back on." HE'S the one in the middle of the most dangerous place in the Middle East, yet he still sets his problems and worries aside to listen to mine and make me feel miles better.

Clayton isn't exactly the "artsy" type of person, but he IS the type of person to support my career choice, no matter how much he doesn't understand it sometimes. When we first started dating in high school, I warned him that I had a "photography-oriented mind." His response? "That's okay. I think it's cute." Even to this day, he still says it. Those simple, yet sweet things he says drives my motivation even more. I want him to be proud of me (though I know he already is). Someday, I want my work in photography to be able to pay off, especially financially, so that I can try to pay him back for everything he has done for me.

I know every wife says this, but I really do have the most fantastic husband. We're a young couple, that's for sure, but we've been through more than most people have in a lifetime, and we're still going strong.
I can't wait to be in his strong, protective arms again. Not too much longer, and I will be. =)