It’s my second wedding anniversary and I’m in Mukilteo, WA, over 2000 miles from my wife. I’ve heard many older couples describe how their love grows deeper with every year that passes. Today, I’m barely into my third decade, and two years married and I feel like that truth is an iceberg that I can only see the tip of. I had an experience last week that really brought this to the forefront of my conscience.
I was hanging out with a group of guys that I used to work with. They are all great guys, and all rich in skills related to the Internet industry. They have their own company that’s doing well and I was sitting around in their “offices”. Watching six guys working away in close proximity with piles of computer equipment all around awakened many fond memories in my past.
For a short time, I reminisced about how much fun those days were. The whole dating thing, a job that was so fun you’d work late “just because”, and chasing all manner of pursuits. However, it didn’t take long to remember the rest of the memories from the bachelorhood era of my life. It was a great time, but I left that era because this new one was calling so loudly.
Today, I’ve been away from Jennifer for seven days. Absence does make the heart grow fonder. I miss her sorely and despite having a great time here, I’m beyond ready to be with her again. I miss seeing her every day when she comes home for lunch. I love her habit of breaking into whatever I’m engrossed in so that I’ll pause and pay attention to her. I miss feeling her next to me as I sleep.
I cannot find enough words to describe all she means to me. She is the one I spent all those years looking for. She is so worth that wait. As I sat there observing “a life in the day of an uber-geek”, I couldn’t help but smile inside. Sure, the place in life where these guys are living is good, but what I have now is so much better, it needs a new category to describe it.
I can see that the future has so many wonderful and rewarding things in store. Jennifer, thank you for being so committed to us. Thank you to being so willing to learn and grow with me. Thank you for all that you are. You are great and marvelous, beyond my understanding. I can’t find words to express how much I look forward to spending the rest of my life with you.