I thought I loved you then....

I heard Brad Paisley's new song this morning and it brought me to tears. I couldn't help but think of Joe and I. We have been together for 9 years, have two beautiful kids together(and one more on the way),and have persevered so much. The song took me back to the night we met and how unexpected it was. We came together like magnets and had our first date the very next night. We have been inseperable since then. Looking into his eyes, I knew I felt something I had never felt before but we seemed so young(19). Eight months later he joined the Marines and left for boot camp. He proposed to me two weeks before he left. I was a little unsure if I was ready for marriage because we were so young but I knew I loved this man more than anything. Being without him for three months is what really set it in for both of us. When he came home for boot camp leave, we planned our wedding in a week!! I told him that I wanted travel with him and that my home was where he was. I thought I loved him then, but now when I look at him, he is my whole world and I love him more than I did then. Since I am reminiscing and all, here are some of our wedding pictures. The date was 4/28/01....we were only 20. Crazy....