Where it all began!

I will do a quick recap on how me and Andrew first got together. We went to school together and we started dating our Junior year, so three years ago. I guess that makes us high school sweethearts <3. We've been together since. Andrew is my best friend and I know he will always have my back. 

We got married April 29th of this year. We have been married for almost 5 months. I have only spent just a little over 2 months with husband since we have been married. Andrew left for BMT (Basic Military Training) June 1 for the Air Force. A month after we got married. He was gone for 8.5 weeks and during those 8 weeks I learned a lot about myself and our relationship. We grew together as a couple and as a person. I'm not saying bmt was not hard because it was the hardest thing we have both gone through. It tested our relationship. I only recieved a 10 minute phone call from Andrew once a week and maybe a letter every other week if I was lucky. But I realized what was really important in life. The short phone calls and one paragraphed letters kept me going through the long weeks that never seemed to end. Along the journey I was lucky enough to meet some amazing women who's husband and boyfriend were in Andrews flight. They knew what I was going through and we had long facebook chats and skypes every night talkking about our husbands and us as a person. It was hard for me to open up to my family and friends because no one could relate with me and how I was feeling. You can tell someone you know how they are feeling but in this situation you could not even imagine what military wifes go through. The only way you could relate is go through it yourself. I'm making this sound like it was a horrible expiernce because it wasnt. It was very humbling. It taught me what was really important and to appreciate the little things. Well the 8.5 weels past and graduation day finally came. I woke up early July 26 and took off to San Antonio to see my soon to be Airman.

I remember the day perfectly. How I felt the first time I made eye contact with Andrew for the first time in 2 months. Before they do a little ceremony to make the trainees officially Airman, they do what they call an "Airmans Run". This is where all the trainees who are graduationg run together in their flight while loved ones watch from the side. This is where I saw Andrew for the first time. It was the hardest thing for me to not just jump out and grab him and never let go. Of course I did not do that because I would have gotten Andrew in big trouble so I patiently had to wait for the coin ceremony to tap him out. (Tap out is putting Airman at ease with a hug) The time came to where I can finally hug him. I was one of the first women to reach there airman in his flight. I ran up to him and gave him a quick hug and he pulled me back and gave me the sweetest kiss. At that moment all the crying  and lonlieness I felt for the past 8 weeks were worth it. We spent the weekend at the zoo and sea world and just spending time together. Reconnecting. It was one of the best weekends in my life. The Air Force made Andrew into a man. He left as a boy and came back as an airman. I am so proud of him and what he has accomplished. I'm the luckiest girl in the world to have married my husband, my airman, and my hero.