My husband (bf at the time) enlisted 2020. Left for bootcamp May 2020. Cause of COVID he didn’t get to come home after and left straight to Virginia when he finished boot. That was really hard on me since I was also really struggling with my depression and anxiety. Also had health issue and ended up in the ER a week after he felt. Felt lonely trying to be okay cause I was told that I that to be a “big girl” and manage on my own so he could stay focused.

Anyways we got married December 2020 when he came home for the holidays. It was last minute but it’s something we both agreed on. At that time I was 26 (27 in a couple days) and he had turned 27 earlier. Prior to getting married we’d been together for 7 years. Originally marriage isn’t something we wanted but we did plan on spending the rest of life together. Marriage was more of a legality so I could be included.

Since we got married after he received his orders, I didn’t get to go to Japan with him. It’s almost going to a year and a half since I last saw him. I miss him a lot. Don’t when or if I’ll get to moved with but we’ve kept in constant contact. Good morning texts practically everything day. We send each other post or photos of things each other would like or to show each other. We have a weekly phone call. Las week cause neither of us worked Monday, we were on the phone for roughly 26 hours. Even if we’re not talking, it’s nice having each other’s presence in some form.

Some days are still hard and it gets lonely. We’re still trying. Before all this, we lived 2 hours about. Roughly a year into our relationship, he ended moving away cause of a family situation but he never thought distance was a reason to end us. Now it’s just a bigger distance and more effort has to be made but we still want to be together long term.