So my boyfriend, Elder Connor Bertoch, is on his mission for the LDS church right now, serving in the Independence Missouri mission. He's been out for 3 months in a week and lemme tell ya, it hasn't been the easiest. I guess it would be the best to give an intro to us.
We've been together for a little more than 6 months, officially, that is. Technically we were together before we were "together", but who cares. We met through his adopted brother, whom is one of my best friends. We have an amazing relationship. Really, we do. We are basically made for each other and each of us know it. I fell in love with him when I first met him my freshman year of high school. Something about him was just different than every other boy I had met. Then, during my junior year of high school we became best friends, and then started dating. I lost both of my parents (technicallyyyy, my mom's in jail.. but that still counts) and had to live with my good friend's parents as foster parents. They were LDS and so is Connor, obviously, so before I knew it, I was taking missionary lessons and getting baptized by none other than the wonderful Elder Bertoch (...who wasn't an elder at the time yet). While he was still here with me, we spent every minute together, so you can imagine how this would be a change (especially because all of you reading this are probably fellow MGs). Anyways, we managed to convince our families to let us take the 6 hour trip to California by ourselves to stay at my best friend Sam's house and go to the wonderful, most happy place on earth: Disneyland. It was honestly one of the greatest weekends of my life. We spent 4 straight days together going to Disneyland, Hollywood, and the beach. It was such a nice look at what our future together will be like. We also spent a whole lot of time over at his house. I went to church with his family quite a lot before he left (as opposed to going to my home ward) and we'd have countless nights when I wouldn't go home until at least 11 because we were all having so much fun. I feel like I'm a major part of his family and I feel extremely accepted, which is such a blessing to have. His family is the greatest group of people I've ever been a part of and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him, and them. Connor mentioned us getting married and that he wanted to if it was what I wanted, and of course I agreed. So that's pretty much a done deal for us. All we have to do is have faith in the Lord to take us where we're meant to be and eventually everything will work out the way it's supposed to.
He left for the MTC about a week after he baptized me (which was a whole spiritual and bonding experience on it's own) and since then we've been keeping in touch through letters and weekly emails. It's been a tough road so far, but the ups far outweigh the downs. I wouldn't have it any other way. He's doing the Lord's work and the blessings that will come of it aren't even imaginable. Plus, 2 years is nothing in the scope of things when looking at an eternity with the one you love.
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