November 7, 1999 Jason and I made a promise to each other to love one another faithfully and wholeheartedly. We began our life together as husband and wife... On our 1 year wedding anniversary Jason was deployed to Okinawa. I spent that day with my parents while missing my husband terribly! That evening I was actually in Labor and Delivery at Balboa Naval Medical Center due to a scare in my pregnancy (5 days later I gave birth to our son). Our 2nd anniversary we celebrated along with our son at our home in Camp Pendleton, California. Our 3rd anniversary Jason was in San Diego for Recruiters School and I was living with his mom and Dad in Florida. 4 years had passed and we were living in a quaint little apartment in Orlando, Florida. Our marriage was tested here due to the stresses of Recruiting Duty. We were told if your marriage can make it through Recruiting Duty, it will make it through anything. We just held on tight until the ride was over... We finally hit 5 years, which some say is when your marriage hits it's peak and everything gets easier...who made that up?! ha ha!! We were still in Orlando, Florida trying to survive Recruiting Duty and we were also preparing for the birth of our daughter, Caitlyn. We moved out of our quaint little apartment into a bigger place across town. As we hit 6 years we realized that no matter how long we're married we are going to continue to find things out about each other that drive us crazy but we also learned that those same things that drive us crazy are the things that make us love each other so deeply. We were still living in Orlando but were preparing for yet another move. 7 years finally came and we were living in 29 Palms, Ca. We had survived Recruiting Duty and were ready for whatever else that was due to come our way... We celebrated that anniversary while thinking about Jason's upcoming combat deployment to Iraq. On our 8 year wedding anniversary Jason had just returned home safely from Iraq and I was so thankful to have him home to celebrate another year together. 9 years rolled around and this anniversary was very special because just a few weeks earlier Jay had returned home from a very stressful deployment to Afghanistan. I was so happy to have him home because unfortunately some did not make it back home with their families. I kept thinking about how in one more year we'd be celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary!! I think that's all we talked about that day, ha ha! Now here we are no longer talking about it, we are living it...10 years of pure marital bliss!!! Of course our marriage is not perfect, never has been~never will be, but our marriage is a blessing. I was lucky enough to find such an amazing man who turned into an amazing father to our children. We have been through so much and have spent a lot of time apart due to deployments and schools. I truly believe that the times we spent apart are a piece of what has made our marriage so strong. Distance does make the heart grow fonder! We are now living in Stafford, Virginia in a nice house. We have two children who we are very thankful to be spending this day with. We have come a long way over the years. God has been good to us and we will continue to place our marriage and our lives in His hands. He has been the center of everything for us and that is why we are where we are today. I cannot wait to see what the future holds for us...
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