This I believe

In class last year we had to write a essay called "This I believe"; We had to think of something we are so passionate about and write the essay explaining why we believe what we do. I wrote on Love and how people give up on it so easily on it:

It was 1917 when young men were drafted for WW1. Many young men left behind their mothers, fathers, siblings and wives to fight in the war. In the small town of Canandaigua, NY a mother kisses her son goodbye and lights a candle in places it in the window. Over 95 years later a candle still is in that window keeping her vow; the vow to keep a candle lit until your loved one returns. That brought on the tradition that families still use today, to show no matter how long it takes they will wait. It used to be commonplace to go months or even years without seeing your significant other. Today it seems that people break down and leave each other over something as medial as missing dinner three times a week. I believe, that if you want something you have to work for it, that if you love someone you have to fight for that love and that true love comes to those who wait.

            I met my husband in January of 2009, three months later he deployed to Afghanistan for a year where the only communication we had was a fifteen minute phone call once a month if we were lucky.  I knew that if I honestly loved and cared for him I had to be strong. Seeing my friends with their loved ones just a text away made things even harder, but I knew he was worth the wait. I also know that when you see them get off the plane after a long months of waiting is magical, and saying goodbye after a few months of spring love is heart wrenching, but the pay-off is well worth it.  I will take a few years of waiting, for a lifetime of happiness any day. Waiting is the hard part but as an old American proverb states, “absence makes thy heart grow fonder”.

            My husband has been on three deployments since we’ve been married and it never gets any easier; every deployment is just as hard as the one prior but being apart for so long allows us to treasure the moments we have with each other and build a stronger bond between us. We are not only building a stronger relationship but we are building trust and assurance in one another, knowing that no matter where life takes us we have a love that can withstand anything. Just like the house on the corner of Foot Hill and Main Street in Canandaigua, NY the candle in my window will never go out until my love one comes home safely. No matter what, I believe in waiting on the one I love and that true love comes to those who wait.

Sadly, The essay competition wasn't going on anymore by the time our essay were due so I couldn't enter it :( but I hope you liked it.

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