Briansbrowneyedgirl

I love hearing when my husband calls me his brown eyed girl. It is a such a comfort to hear him say that with so much love. There is no doubt that he loves me. I have loved him for more than 34 years now. Not many people can claim that and still be married to same guy.



We have known each other since I was 3 years old and he was 5 years old. Of course, we didn't love each other then. His sister and I were best friends. Actually, we were about the only girls in the neighborhood that were the same age. Anyway, I don't really remember my husband back then but he remembers me. I had a wadding pool in my backyard and my rule was no boys allowed. Well, that made his brother and him jealous so they fixed us. They put bugs in our pool one day and we had to wait for my dad to clean it out before we could swim. I don't remember that event at all.



I know that back in the good ol' days, when moms stayed home and kids played together in the neighborhood, when 3 year olds could go around the corner to a friend's house and you didn't have to worry about them, we had the biggest birthday parties. All the kids in the neighborhood were invited. So that meant my husband, his brother and sister were invited too. Well, in pictures of those times, my husband is either right behind me or beside me in the pictures. I guess that only proves we were meant to be and that God knew then that he would be my husband.



I believe that if we are walking with God, He will direct our paths to meet the very person He created for us. When we do that, it will be a lasting love. I don't mean that there won't be differences and little spats but with God in the midst and trusting Him, you will survive.



Anyway, back to my story...When I was 5 years old, my best friend moved and took her brother with her naturally. Then about 2 1/2 years later my friend would drown in a base swimming pool in Puerto Rico. Despite that, when I was 15 years old they moved back to the home they left 10 years earlier. His younger brothers, who were all the ages of my younger sisters, struck up a close friendship and then I was drawn in. Mainly because I loved taking the younger kids to the beach and movies, etc. It wasn't long before parents put us together and months later we started dating. Two and a half years later we were married.



He has always called me his brown eyed girl and together we have 2 blue eyed boys and a brown eyed little girl. So now he doesn't have just one brian's brown eyed girl but two. How ironic!



I love being Brian's brown eyed girl.