The Romantic.com

I am a Marine currently stationed in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II. I unfortunately am not going to be home to spend Christmas with my fiance this year, and I don’t even have a tree (they’re kind of scarce in the desert). But my fiance did the next best thing.

Every year after Thanksgiving, her and her mom always set up the decorations the next day before shopping. This year she made a big heart shaped ornament with “Merry Christmas Brian” written on it, took a picture, and e-mailed it to me with the message “You may not be here for Christmas physically, but you’ll always be here in my heart.”