Happy Valentine’s Day to my hero, my protector, and my best friend… My husband ♥

Baby, you remind me why I wait, and also why I love so deeply. A marriage is a partnership, no matter how rough the seas may get, and you have been my partner in every sense of the word. When everything in the world seems upside down, you’re there to turn it right side up. You make me fearless and it takes my breath away. You make me feel so loved, and sometimes I can barely stand it.

Coming into my life was the greatest gift I’ve ever been given - you changed my life, in the most literal sense of the word. You taught me how to be strong, how to love deeply, how to become someone I’ve always dreamed of being. Because, my love, you are so much more than my husband. You’re my best friend. You’re my lover. You’re my family. You’re my other half. You’ve become an essential piece of my life and I am forever thankful for that.

Years ago, I never would’ve thought that I’d be sending my Valentine’s Day love across the sea, to a man that I call my husband, to a solider in the United States Army. Years ago, I was only dreaming about the love that I’ve got now. Years ago, you weren’t even on my radar. Years ago, I loved you before I even knew you.

So this Valentine’s Day, instead of being negative about not having you here, I’m going to remember why I’m so lucky. I get to love you, not just on Valentine’s Day, but on every other day of the year, every year, for the rest of my life. You make me feel like the most important person in the world by calling me and Skyping me and e-mailing me every day, from 6,000 miles away. Which means that I don’t need tomorrow to be reminded of the love that we share - I feel it when you tell me that you love me and when you tell me how important I am.

But, in keeping with tradition, I’ll say it anyways:

Happy Valentine’s Day, baby.

From 6,000 miles away, I’m sending you my love and my heart. I’m feeling your love all the way over here, with you all the way over there. You are my love, my life, and my everything… Will you please, please, with a cherry-on-top, be my Valentine?