Been A Long Year

It was a year ago yesterday that I proposed to Julie. We knew it was going to be a long engagement, in part because we were both still married to other people at the time. Possibly also because, well, it was only the fifth day that we'd actually been in each other's physical presence. We didn't know how long my divorce would drag out, for absolutely no reason. And we certainly didn't know that we were going to have to deal with cancer. But we both knew it was what we wanted.

As I write this, Julie is driving across Texas, to our home. And when she gets here, she's going to stay. Forever. She is bringing Patrick, her fourteen-year-old son with her, and the last of her stuff that was still in Florida. In eleven days she starts her new job. And we will finally be able to start building our life, together.

Been a long year. So, so glad we went through it together.