Day 3: Your First Love

My first real true love is my husband.  We have been married for 10 years this March, however we have been friends for over 18 years.

True love to me is defined as some one whom is a friend and a lover.  Someone that accepts you in the good times and the bad.  Lord knows I am very high maintenance.  Kirk has always been able to handle me and my differences like no other.  He is a very dedicated and loving husband.  I am always put before any of his needs.  

During the delivery of our children he was right by my side.  He slept in the reclining chairs next to me the entire time, not leaving until I left.

When I was diagnosed with cancer he was my strength every step of the way.  When I had my surgery he was there as well the entire time.  When it came time for me to have radiation therapy staying with me was harder.  I was in isolation.  Kirk was not going to let this stop him from being near me.  The nurses let him sleep outside my door just in the doorway.  This was hard for him because he was not allowed to enter the room to help me or comfort me.  He still insisted on being there the entire 2 day stay.  

Kirk is the reason I went back to school to get my high school diploma.  He encouraged me that it was never to late.  He found a program where I would earn my high school credits and receive an actual high school diploma.  I also wouldn't settle for less.  7 years after dropping out of high school I received my diploma.  That gave me back all my dreams.  Now I was really motivated.

 I started college 6 years later.  Kirk was there to help me study.  Although medical terminology bored him to near tears he spent countless hours going over and over the terms until I had them all memorized.  He never became frustrated and never declined helping me.  Throughout all 4 years of my college education it was a roller coaster.  When I felt like I couldn't possibly continue he was there to encourage me.   I wanted to quit, because I was working as well as going to school, I never had much time with the kids.  He reminded me that this was all for the kids and there would be many more years to come.  It would get easier with time.

So I must say that Kirk is my one and only love.  The moon in my galaxy.