Proudly Supporting My Sailor

Me and my Love met in June of 2006. We found each other under the beautiful night sky at Eufaula Lake in Oklahoma. He was so cute with the prettiest eyes I had ever seen. The sparkle of the light on the lake couldn’t compare to the beautiful blue sparkle of his eyes. I was lost in his country boy charm from the moment he first spoke to me. That chance meeting started a beautiful summer romance I never wanted to end.
We were young (he was 16 and I was 14) and his mother didn’t support us seeing each other. We also lived far enough apart that it was really hard for 2 teenagers to see each other since his parents wouldn’t allow him to come see me because of the distance. We did see each other as often as we could but in the end his mother won and we broke up.
Our lives continued on separate paths but I had often wondered what happened to that blue eyed country boy and what he was doing in his life. I met someone else I eventually married after I became pregnant with my son. I had moved on with my life. Married with a child I never imagined Brayden and I would cross paths again. My marriage wasn’t good but we had a baby. I felt I had to try to make it work. My then husband decided he was going to the Navy. I was in the recruiter’s office with my then husband and all of a sudden I saw my blue eyed country boy. There he was in a picture on the wall. All those feelings came flooding back but I was married. It was not to be. My marriage deflated quickly and I moved out and filed for divorce. This is where I would like to thank FaceBook. Brayden and I found each other and it was perfect. It was like we had never been apart.
He was coming home in February on leave but sadly had to come early because his grandma passed away. It was a sad time but also filled with bliss. Now not only did I have my blue eyed country boy but he was now my soldier. I am so proud of him and what he has given up for our country. He is my rock and the love of my life. He loves me and my son as if he was his own flesh and I cannot wait until May when I become his wife. Brayden….I love you to the moon and back.

Home Is Where His Boots and Dog Tags Lay

My husband and I met in the 9th grade. How or when neither one of us can remember. We can name other individuals in our class that yet we cannot remember each other. It wouldn't be til 11th grade that we both started realizing how much we cared for each other. All 10th grade my husband would make fun of me. I honestly thought he was a mean guy. It wasn't until I became single that he really showed me who he really was. The summer before our senior year in high school he asked me to be his girlfriend. I went to Germany 3 weeks prior and before I left he gave me 21 letters. One for each day I was there. When I came home it was 4th of July. My husband gave me one more letter and at the end of it, it said he had something important to ask me. That night under the fireworks he has me to be his girlfriend. My husband and I dated 3.5 years before he left for bootcamp. The month before he left we broke up. We still kept in touch and talked all the time. A month into him leaving he asked me to be his girlfriend again. On the day of his graduation for bootcamp, he proposed to me on the parade deck. It was the greatest surprised I could have asked for. This past December we got married. Our wedding was on New Year's Eve and after 4.5 years I was finally married to the man of my dreams and the perfect guy for me :)

Behind every MARINE there is a girl. She is always with him in heart & soul. She goes through everything that he goes through. She feels his pain, his sorrow, his joy, his longing and his devotion. For every minute they are apart, her heart aches. But she smiles. She is a model to other girls. They watch her and wonder, How does she do it? She is the picture of everlasting love & fidelity to her MARINE♥