Defining Moments
For every life, there is that one defining moment…the moment when you know that everything has just changed for the better. For me, that moment came when I met my future wife.
Have you ever met someone who you know nothing about and yet are completely astounded by…That was Anna? My Annie. Ever since that first moment when Sean introduced us to each other…the moment when my eyes first met hers…I knew. I did not know how or when but I knew this woman would be my wife someday. She challenged me…had my back…but more than that, she made me a better Agent. A better person. Hell, she just flat out made me better…In every way. Anna has that effect on a person.
We went on that first assignment as partners…we fought. Good Lord did we fight. We also learned to work together. We learned how to use each other's strengths to help the team. Eventually we learned to trust each other.
To all of you out there reading this that think you cannot possibly fall in love with someone in less than three days…You are wrong. Anna and I were married on the third day. Three days and already she was everything to me.
Some of you might think that we got caught up in the adventure and the thrill of running for our lives…maybe we did. I can promise you, however, that when we mutually decided to get married…we meant every word. When I said those vows to Anna…even knowing that it was against all the rules for agents…when I said them, I intended to stay with her for the rest of our lives.
Love at first sight does exist…but it is not as easy as you think. Love is not always enough…Sometimes mistakes happen and promises are broken. Sometimes people get angry and sometimes misunderstandings lead to broken hearts. It does not mean that you will ever stop loving each other…in our case; it simply meant we were not wise enough to love each other the right way…
I would not trade a second of those years I spent with the woman I still call the love of my life. Even knowing all the pain, and all the years it would take to forgive each other enough to take another shot... I would still choose to love her…for as little or how long as we had. We almost had it all back then. Almost.