English Original
Through my school years, I never imagined falling in love. I wanted to stay single after watching my friends get mistreated by their boyfriends. In my junior year, just after turning 17, my best friend set me up with a stranger. I was lucky to even make it to the meeting because my parents were so strict. We met, and I was too nervous to speak. I wasn't excited, just nervous. Yet, I sensed something in him I liked—a feeling I couldn't understand, telling me he was the one.
After senior year ended, he left to join the Marines, and I had to go to Ohio. We decided to end our relationship, believing long distance wouldn't work. It was over. On my 20th birthday, a letter arrived from a Marine base with his name on it. It had taken him a long time to find me. From that day on, he promised never to let me go again.
Today, he is my husband, my best friend, and my hero. Even though he is deployed overseas, thousands of miles away, he has kept his promise. He has been overseas for eight months, and we communicate only by email and occasional weekend calls. Every day, I wake up with a smile, waiting for him to return home safely.
中文翻译
在我的学生时代，我从未想过自己会坠入爱河。目睹朋友们总是被她们的男友虐待，我只想保持单身。在我17岁那年，也就是高三时，我最好的朋友安排我与一个陌生人相亲。当时我父母管得很严，我能去赴约已属幸运。我们见面了，我紧张得说不出话来。我并不兴奋，只是非常紧张。然而，我在他身上感受到了一些我喜欢的东西——一种我无法理解的感觉，告诉我他就是那个人。
高中毕业后，他离开去参加了海军陆战队，而我必须去俄亥俄州。我们都认为异地恋行不通，于是决定结束我们的关系。一切都结束了。在我20岁生日那天，我收到了一封来自海军陆战队基地的信，上面写着他的名字。他花了很长时间才找到我。从那天起，他承诺再也不会放开我。
如今，他是我的丈夫、我最好的朋友，也是我的英雄。尽管他被部署在海外，与我相隔万里，但他信守了承诺。他在海外已经八个月了，我们只能通过电子邮件和偶尔的周末电话联系。每一天，我都带着微笑醒来，等待他平安归来。