It's all happening!

I’m the girl who drags herself out of bed every morning so that he will be proud when he comes home. I’m the girl who lies in bed longing for him to be next to me. You don’t know, but I’m the girl with a million things to say, but not one will come out without the thought of him. What you don’t know is that I know love on an entirely different level from most. I know the love that spans time & space; that love that most people are constantly searching for. I’m one of the girls who waits months for a single kiss; a kiss that will make the months apart worth every second. A kiss where everything in the world stops & for what seems like eternity, you can see into that person’s soul & know that without them, life is not worth living. I know more love in one homecoming, than most know in a life time. You don’t know that every time he leaves, part of me goes with him & part of him stays with me. What you don’t realize is that I understand the true meaning of not only love, but of longing & anticipation. You don’t see, but I’m one of the few who gets goose bumps as my heart fills with pride every time the National Anthem is played. You don’t know the feeling the first time you hear the word deployment or the feeling of his hands as it slides out of yours for what could be the last time. You don’t know what that last hug or kiss means & how important that goodbye truly is. I’m the girl you see walking by with a disheartened face staring silently at the ground. What you don’t know is, that I know true love & that no matter what obstacles we have to face, our love will live forever, that only we know. You tell me that you support the troops; I tell you, I’m in love with one. What you don’t see is that without him - I am nothing & without me - he is nothing. I’m one of those girls; the girl who stands tall behind her Marine, stands proud behind her Hero, stands strong behind her man, watching silently as he serves & defends our country.