Oh, you make me smile

Mama always told me that distance makes the heart grow fonder. After five weeks without my Johnny, I'm not so sure I agree. I'm pretty sure distance from your best friend is terrible and just makes you miserable. Any of you who know us well know that we are as different as day and night. He's a giant... I'm fun sized... He's easy going... I'm high strung... He's fearless... I panic...He's spontaneous... I always have a plan... He's muscle... I'm brains... He has unshakable faith... I worry...but somehow we seem to mesh perfectly.  A lot of people don't find true love in a lifetime. I'm immensely blessed to have found it... and at such a young age! He is the ultimate supporter, comforter, provider, leader, and friend. I'm excited to look back fifty years from now to see the life we built together. I thank God every day for him.

To update you all, Johnny is almost done with his fifth week at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer Training Academy. It's been rough on his body (especially the shoulder he injured playing football), but he is doing really well and enjoying the challenge. He has lost almost 50 pounds in 5 weeks! I tried running two miles today, so I have a newfound appreciation of what he is doing every day. Two miles is nothing to him! I couldn't be more proud. Only five more weeks to go!

I'll leave you with the lyrics to a song that describes the way Johnny makes me feel... "Smile" by Uncle Kracker.

Even when you´re gone
Somehow you come along
Just like a flower poking through the sidewalk crack and just like that
You steal away the rain and just like that

You make me smile like the sun
Fall outta bed
Sing like a bird
Dizzy in my head
Spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night

You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold
buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile