Humbled with Pride (and love)

Less than a week ago during a very busy day, my family had an appointment. My kids shoulders crumbled at the sound of it. They didnt want to go and my words to them were, lets do it for Dad. So we stumbled into the conference room for my husbands re-enlistment ceremony. We have been to many before, and the ups and downs of our latest move, had left me less than patriotic.

It was a little ceremony, just the way my husband and I like most things to be, but it evolved into something much bigger for me.

Standing there watching my husband interact wtih his colleagues, and soaking in the idea that this reenlistment was going to take us to TWENTY years and could possibly be our very last, I started to swell with pride.

Pride, thankfullness, and love for my husband and his long time commitment to the military and to our family. In that moment I saw him differently.

There was great symbolism that day at the hands of my husband.

He choose the newest officer in our squadron to perform the ceremony. As this officer was fresh and starting his career, my husband was taking the first step to concluding his. This moved me as I realized we had reached a milestone in our lives.  I watched this officer re-enlist my husband, who was just a few years older than my son, and I couldnt help but feel connected and present in the circle of life.

Then I got home and looked through the pictures from the day and another wave of emotion hit me.

The uniform, the wedding ring, the pen. The Serena Nicole Studios pen that my husband said signed his papers by no coincidence. This left me speechless. This is our life together so perfectly scripted in one picture.

My husband says he is not a romantic…but for me this notion is better than any love letter ever written.

And now as I write this and reflecting back on this day, I cant help but feel overwhelmingly humbled with pride and love for my husband.

I love you honey.

SN

 

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