QotD: Life-Changing Event

What event changed your life for the better?
Submitted by Kasey.

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Meeting my husband, J. I met him through his brother. I was home from college for the summer. I worked for Parks and Rec. for the town. His brother was my boss. I remember the day he pulled up to chat with his brother. J was driving a truck and I thought he was so cute in it. Then he started showing up more and more. Just to say "hi". He let me drive his new car - and I was completely shocked by his music collection (hello, Mariah? Country?). 

It wasn't until we took a ride in the jeep that I knew something was different about him. His father had bought an old CJ5 with big tires on it - how could I resist hopping in? We had some small talk and then he asked how I was. "So. How are you?" This would appear like a regular chit-chat piece but it wasn't. It was like he was asking how I was doing as a person, inside. I remember pausing before answering because it seemed like such an intimate question.

Weeks later I had a party with some of my college friends and some local friends. J came and hung out (little did I know how big this was- he is not the party type AT ALL). Most of us were camping out that night. The next day was July 4th. Of course, I woke up sick. Fever and The Works. The guy I was seeing at the time (and all my friends) took off they had better things to do. J, however, made me stay on the couch. He brought movies and snacks over. I think I fell asleep on him but when I woke up he was still there.

That was just the start of things. Almost 9 years ago.

I never knew how much he would change my life. I swear he knows me better than I know myself. But he really has allowed me to spread my wings. He has given me my voice. I use to allow people to walk all over me- even people closest to me- J really showed me how to speak up and take a stand for who I am. He has been with me every step, every challenge and every happiness. I have never met anyone as caring, hard, loving, tough, and supportive as him. All of this still continues, after all this time. After marriage. After having a baby. He is still right there. J works hard and sometimes long hours but it doesn't matter - when he's home, he is truly there. I always say there isn't enough hours in the day but somehow he manages to make it feel like we've got more time with him than we actually do.

So yes. My life-changing event was meeting my husband.

I just didn't know it at the time.