Joe :)

If there was anyone in my life that was more important than my family, it would be my boyfriend Joe. We have been together for one year, and it has been the best year of my life. He is in the Navy and lives 1,500 miles away from me in Virginia, so it is most definitely not the easiest of relationships, but it’s incredible regardless. We usually only see each other about once every two months, but we always seem to pick up exactly where we left off. While we’re away from each other we have what we call “phone dates.” We watch TV shows together on the phone and talk for hours every day.

We met last February at the restaurant we both worked at when we used to flirt with each other all the time J. We were really only together for three weeks before he left for the Navy and nobody (ourselves included) really though it would last, but here we are, a year later still very much in love. It is extremely hard being away from him all of the time, which is why I have made the decision to move to Virginia to go to school for the rest of my college career. He will be getting out of the Navy within two months of my graduation. It has been a difficult and stressful decision, but I know that where he is, is where I will be happy, and it is more than worth the risk if it means keeping us together.

There are so many things that I love about Joe. He is the funniest person I have every met and we have a very playful relationship. He puts his family before anything else, just like I do. He is always there for me when I’m upset and need to talk or just need someone to hold me. He is smart, driven, successful, caring, fun, loving, and absolutely everything I could ask for and more. I plan on spending the rest of my life with him and I know that he will make an incredible husband and father some day. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have found someone as special as he is to me.