How I Knew He Was the One

Dating is hard and I am very glad to be over that phase of my life and be able to put all my energy into my relationship with my husband. I'm not one to dwell on the past, but to talk about how different my dating with Chris was than with other guys, you need to know a little of my background with dating. My experience in the 8 long years I was single and dating included differing levels of relationships with 97 guys. Let me explain...60% of them lasted only a date or two before we decided things weren't going to work out, another 30% had more connection as friends too, and only 10% were serious relationships. I learned a lot and met some amazing people along the way, even if they weren't my perfect match, I know many that found their companion. I can't say I was an expert at all my relationships but I've obviously done my fair share of searching and ultimately won the dating game to find my match!

What I noticed was different almost immediately when Chris walked up to me after getting off the airplane to visit was the comfort I usually didn't feel with people until after knowing them for a long time. Our time emailing for 10 months and talking over the phone for a month helped my connection to him skip all the insecurities that usually happened. I tried not to admit it was 'love at first sight' because I didn't want to believe in that, and we had already known each other through technology. The truth was that when we met for the first time in the airport we embraced like we were the oldest and closest of friends that had been away from each other for a long time. I probably was a little in love with him at that point and my love grew until I actually acknowledged it and let it grow more.

Now we have a wonderful life and family, and we feel so blessed to have found each other. Our little Claire can now roll around the house and has fun exploring anything she can get her hands on (or more like her mouth on!). We still have to spend time apart because of his service in the military but those days don't seem so long when we know we love each other. I'm so glad to have started my online journaling in this blog because I love sharing how happy our lives are with Claire and each other. Working my two jobs, watching Claire on my off days, and trying to keep our house in order is great but I live for Sundays when life slows down and I can recharge.