I'm Still Here

I cannot believe it. Many people doubted if I would still be here in the end of Brandon's mission, but look, I'm still here.
It's kind of surreal for me. I can't really believe that Brandon is coming home so soon. I'm very excited, but scared too. I don't know if I'll really believe that he is coming home, until that day. I think that then it will finally set in.
I have always been the kind of person who likes to prove people wrong. Growing up, I was kind of a "rebel" not in the way that I did all of these bad things. But, whenever someone told me that I couldn't do something, it was that much more of a challenge to prove that I could. And now, that Brandon has been gone almost 2-years, I feel like I have done it again. I have proved that love is strong enough to hold on for 2-years. I feel like I have proved that my love for Brandon is strong enough to make it 2-years without seeing each other, with only talking to each other ONCE, and only communicating through weekly letters or emails.
Sometimes, I can't believe that I really did it. In the beginning I kind of doubted if I really could do it. But, look I did! I didn't do it alone, by any means. If it weren't for Brandon obviously none of it would have been possible. My friends supported me throughout everything. At times when most people would have given up, they supported me and encouraged me to hold on to the love that Brandon and I have. My family criticized my decision to wait for him, but in the end they are so happy and proud of me, for staying with my decision to wait. They may not agree with the way that certain people have treated me throughout the "waiting process", but they are proud of me for being the bigger person throughout it all.
I'm excited for the next 2-weeks. I'm sure I'll be an emotional wreck, but I know that I have made it this far, so I can definitely handle the next 2-weeks.