the life with the badge

Jeffery has now been a cop, out of training for over a month. We have developed a schedule of getting things done and getting to seeing eachother that has worked out really good. I think we are the biggest planners now, which may annoy people, but it comes a point where you realize its just the way things are for you!

Its hard sometimes though, like this weekend, working so much but I have a husband who loves his job. I really couldnt ask for more in that. He loves working hard, and helping people. He is as considerate as he can be, and always makes time with me a priority, but that doesnt always mean it happens. Times can be lonely, even surrounded by family and friends. Spending weekend afternoons running errands for the house, packing (moving in two weeks), and watching tv with minnie trying not to wake him before he leaves again for work is hard. Sometimes I get so annoyed but I know we are just paying our dues like the rest of of us.

God is showing me a very testing side of marriage, and i completely understand why the divorce rate for cops is 75%...it can be so hard and require so much selflessness. But i am finding joy in these trials because we are getting down and dirty with the tough stuff now.

I love Jeff so much and love his heart for the public and for the people he works with. But sometimes, its hard to understand, but i pray that i do or that i let love conquer it all. I know marriage is hard no matter what job people have.