Blessed

My husband and I met in highschool. We were 17. He had a grand plan of leaving our small wisconsin town and seeing the world through the air force. A year later, he was in basic training and I was pregnant. A year after that, our son and I joined him at our first duty station in Colorado. Things weren't easy. Teenagers, new baby, far from family, in a big city. But I worked, he worked, and it worked. A few years later we got married. A few years after that, he had put on a few stripes and was heading out for a deployment. So, I quit my job, and became a stay at home mom. I finally learned to cook, decorate, crochet, and make friends with other air force wives. Playdates, clearance shopping, coffee dates, and having dinner on the table by 5 was my life. And I was in love! In love! I had a husband who was climbing the military ladder, and a fun smart little boy. We climbed mountains on the weekends, and I was crocheting my heart out to crap tv during the week. After a total of 8 yrs in Colorado, my husband called me with news. We were finally moving. To Texas. Texas, I thought, hmmm...never been there. Not as exciting as Hawaii, but still someplace new. Lets go! We bought a cookie cutter house in a middle class neighborhood. Two weeks after arriving, my husband got a nice fat DUI! I thought he was done. I thought he was going to jail. I thought id have to sell the house we hadn't made one mortgage payment on and move back in with family...on my own...while he sat in a jail. I was a stressed out mess! Fast forward a year and a hell of a lot of work and heartache, and he was still in the air force. Thank the good Lord, we were safe! Things went back to normal. And I thought, lets have a baby. Our son was now 9 and I was 2 yrs from 30. Lets do it. So we did, and got a beautiful baby girl. Blue eyes, blonde hair, just like her brother. Life was grand. I made friends and really came into my own as a mom. Clipping coupons, swapping recipes, crawling the mall, playdates every Friday, working out, wine, and pedicures. Truly blessed!