The end of May has arrived with a whirlwind of activities to
end the school year and take us into the quieter months of summer on the atoll.
It’s a bit like a college town on the island in the timeframe of late June
through early August. Families leave by
the droves for vacation and visits to families all over the world. The 3
flights a week that go toward Hawaii are usually booked solid for the first
couple of weeks after school ends, and this year is no different. Unlike many, who can’t stand too much quiet
and the lack of people and events going on, I love the summers here. It slows down to the pace I’d prefer to live
my life all the time, but only get to when forced to slow down by summer’s
inactivity. Of course, this year, my
summer will start off with many exciting events off the atoll, mainly my
upcoming wedding on July7th, but after that, in late July, I look forward to
coming back home and settling down for a while before life picks up again in
the Fall. I desperately miss diving with my fiancé, spending an entire weekend
in the house watching movies and reading books, going to the beach to sit in
the warm sun and relax, and just taking the time to be with each other. I think he feels it too….that there’s been
precious little time for us between attending and helping with all the kids’
activities as well as keeping up with our own, so it’s time to get back to
it. Some of that bonding time may have
to wait until we leave, but hopefully in the weeks we have left before
mid-June, we’ll fit in some quality time together to tide us over for a bit
longer.
We have only 3
weekends left before we leave for Oregon and only a little over a month before
the wedding. I can’t believe it’s almost here, a summer to remember when my
fiancé and I will take the next big step in our relationship. I have never been
more sure about anything in my life except for my faith in God and my devotion
to my boys. We just fit together so
naturally. I know that marriage is not always easy, and I know we will have our
ups and downs, but the highs and especially the lows don’t panic me as they
have in past relationships because of my confidence in our love and the
commitment we already have to each other, even without that marriage
license. I’ve never known or felt that
kind of unwavering trust or sense of ease about the future with any person
before. It will be a big change for us,
to hopefully, be living on the same island and in the same household in just a
couple of months from now, but I know we’ll weather the changes, positive and
negative, compromising where we can and accepting each other as we are, quirks,
faults, and all. I look forward to
seeing how far we’ve come in 5 or 10 years from now. I look forward to my future with him and the
life we have decided to share. I look
forward to love and marriage with the kind of man that just a few short years
ago I never thought I’d find, but am so glad each day when I wake up that I
did. J
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