Dear Paul...

I wanted a way to try and keep you in the loop while you're underway on your deployments. I can't promise to write every day, but I suspect I'll write often, when missing you is too much to bear. Everything I write here is just for you - probably when you first begin to read this blog, it will be available to others on web searches; there's a method to fix this, though, and I intend to use it. I will try to write to you about the everyday points of interest that happen; I will try to write about Marlena's antics as she grows; I will try to write and remind you of just how much you are loved and adored and bragged on; I will not listen when you tell me you haven't done anything to be proud of or to be loved for, because in my eyes, you've done far more than what should be on a required list for having pride in someone. Never doubt that I love you, and that you mean the world to me, my sailor.