1. Scene — We met at a friend’s barbecue the summer before he enlisted. He made me laugh within a minute. 2. Scene — Three weeks after we moved into our first apartment, orders came. We packed his bag together on the living room floor. 3. Scene — Nine months apart. Late-night video calls, a shoebox of letters, his voice from the other side of the world. 4. Scene — Homecoming at the airfield. I saw him before he saw me — then he ran. 5. Scene — He proposed on the same porch where we said goodbye. 6. Scene — Our wedding, his unit in the front row. Everything we waited for, finally ours.