I am Kaitlyn and I am 24 and my boyfriend Steve is a US Marine. I am crazy in love with him. He is the most wonderful person in the whole world. We have been together for a year and 7 months now. He deployed to Afghanistan in Feburary of 2012 and came back in Sept of 2012. It was a long 7 and a half months but we made it through and never had a single thought in my head that we wouldn't make it through. As September rolled around I was certainly counting down the days to see him. I was so nervous when he got off that bus. I had my 2 best friends there with me and my whole family. We had signs and I made sure I looked good for him. I thought to myself, "God I feel like it is a first date or something. Why am I so nervous?" But as I saw him climb put of the bus I knew everything was going to be alright and we pretty much picked up where we left off when he deployed back in Feburary. This was the best of my life to this day.

Kaitlyn Kennedy
Orange, CA