Arrivals

On thanksgiving night the love of my life came home safely from Iraq. I still can't believe I'm writing those words. My brain is so completely emotionally overwhelmed. Sitting right here next to me is the person I love most in this entire world. His comfort, his love, his leadership, has overwhelmingly consumed me. I don't have enough words to say what he means to me. To try to say anything is the grandest understatement. He is perfection.

The past few days we have been readjusting. We have been snuggling, cuddling, playing, and team leading our children. As I write this, I can't make myself stop crying. I was petrified that he wouldn't come back to me.

He lights up my heart. His smile melts my bones. His laugh sends fireworks through my spirit. His embrace... well, I'm sure you can imagine. :)

So why am I writing this? Aside from the typical banter of my gooey lovey sappy chick stuff for this fella. I want to document for my future moments his awesomeness. This weekend, he has completed these random acts of amazingness. For example, I walked into the kitchen to see that he's taken all of my carpet cleaner's attachments and cleaned them. I have not once seen a sink filled with dirty dishes. He tag teamed (without any begging on my part) making sure our oldest completely cleaned her room. He has handled children who are misbehaving, letting me sleep in, picking out, carrying around, tying down, and putting up our Christmas tree (despite his yearly announcements that this year we will buy a fake tree, and never actually forcing me to live with this Christmasy misery). He put lights on the tree, only to discover they didn't work and take them all off. He has played with our children, in the way that only he can do so magically. We have laughed together. I mean, really laughed together, without the delay/echo of phones and internet.

It's been an amazing few days. My heart is overwhelmed. I love this man so much more than I am capable of saying. I have never known a human being to be so amazing. I have never encountered another individual so capable of bringing my heart to such soaring heights. He is everything that I begged God for. I am so happy that he's home.