Some people say they don’t believe in long distance and that you are as good as dead if you try. However, in my opinion, long distance is the best thing that has ever happened to me and my significant other. It has built us stronger in more ways than one.

It has built us in our trust, in our faith, and in our love. Our trust in each other to remain loyal, faithful, and strong. Our faith in the Lord to lead us in the right direction towards happiness, as individuals and together. Our love for each other's voices every night before bed.

Long distance isn’t supposed to be easy. In reality, it should be the hardest thing you both go through. I say this because if it didn’t hurt to miss them, do you really? It is supposed to make you cry every so often because it shows that you still care. It is supposed to feel heart wrenching and hard because it shows your love is still strong.

People often call it off when the times get tough, but I refuse to lose my significant other because they mean too much to me.

We survive because we choose to fight for each other, and to me, that makes it all worth it.

Long distance isn’t for every couple, but it is for the strongest and most committed. It’s for the couple's who tell each other everything, even if it’s stuff they don’t want to hear. It’s for the couple's who have 100% trust in one another with out fear they will ever break it. It’s for the couple's who don’t keep secrets but do keep surprises.

It’s for the couple's who have faith in the Lord, in it working out, and in one another.

It is hard to ever know what the future does hold in these circumstances, but, one thing I do know for sure, I would not change it for the world.

To the person I get to experience this with:

Thank you for doing life with me. Thank you for loving me no matter how far. Thank you for supporting me and pushing me to be a better person than yesterday. Thank you for fighting.

~Casey