Home At Last

Well, he made it home over the weekend, and oh, it's been wonderful.
I feel as if my life couldn't get any better... and if it does, I don't know what I'll do with myself.
It's day 4, and it's as if he never left. Things are back to normal, but I can tell you, we've both changed.
He has changed in a way that he is more concerned with my well-being and if I'M okay. He's a little more patient(not much, but a little! haha), and he is a bit more understanding. He's come back from deployment as a freshly polished diamond. He is eager to do his "man-jobs" around the house, and he wraps me in his warmth at night. He's also realized that I've become a little more independent since he left, and keeps trying to convince me I don't have to do everything by myself anymore.
However, I've changed as well. I enjoy having healthy discussions on just about anything with him. He has made me realize, once again, there is no better man in this world for me. I've seen how he has grown to cherish everything in front of him, and I know that he would do anything for me. I've grown as an individual, as an adult, and as a wife.
For instance, today we had a discussion on abusive relationships. Dustin told me he just doesn't understand what snaps in men's heads that pushes them that far. I told him because they are selfish and think whatever their significant other did was deserving of being mentally or physically abused, and in reality, they don't deserve it. And the victim that falls under that begins to THINK they deserve it, and that's why they stay in such a nasty relationship.
Everytime we have had this SAME discussion before... it's always turned into a "healthy debate", as Dustin calls it. I think we've both opened up our minds to a new perspective and we value each other's opinions, which is causing us to bicker and argue even less then we did before he left.
I feel that we are on the right track, we've already discussed when we want to have kids, where we want to live when he gets out of the Corps, and what we're both going to do once we get there.
He's home, and I'll never be without him for the rest of my life. Things can't get any better, and I'm praying they stay this way for a long time.
Welcome Home, My Marine.