She trusts me...

Thirteen years ago this month, I married the love of my life.  She trusted me when she had no reason to.  I joined the US Air Force with the major goal of marrying my high school sweetheart.  She trusted me enough that she flew from Mobile, AL, to Minot, ND, to marry me.  It played out like this...

She graduated high school on May 25th, got on a plane and flew to me on May 26th, and we eloped on May 27th...no parents, no family, just two of my friends from basic training (we had to have witnesses...thanks again Jason and Kristina!!).

And here we are - 13 years later....I know that may not seem like a long time.  However, I think it is under today's standards with the 50% divorce rate - and that is for normal people; we were a military/police family!  But back to the trust thing:

She trusts me.  We agreed early on that she was going to stay home with the boys.  She trusted me to provide for our little family without her needing to find a job.  And even though I was sometimes unsure of how we were going to do somethings, we somehow managed (See the unwritten posts on "Awesome Family" and "God's Math").  But the bottom line is that she trusted me then and she trust me now.

It's been 82 days since I left home to plant our family tree across the nation.  I have done everything that I can at this point.  Now I wait...

All that being said, I want to say I trust her.  She is bringing with her the most precious cargo a father could want.  She is flying, across the country, with our sons.  This may not seem like a big deal to some, but none of them have ever flown...and she is doing it alone...

But...I trust her.  I owe her that.

I love you baby...I cannot wait to get you and the boys here next week!

Side note:  May 27th is our anniversary....Exactly 13 years later, I am picking her up from another airport, to start yet another chapter in our lives.  I love it!


~Brooks

"Marriage is to family what legs are to a table."

I moved...again!

I'm sorry (yet again) for the lack of posts...I moved into what will be our new family home and I have been without Internet and furniture! Life will be back to "normal" soon and I will be back to posting.

Thanks for your patience!

~Brooks