Life without my better half

Jacob has been gone for 2 weeks now on our second round of him working in Canada.  I can not tell you how amazing this experience is.  The first time he was gone it was horrible.  The girls and I all cried multiple times a week and I felt so alone and helpless.  This time around on the other hand is night and day from the last.  I am overwhelmed with gratitude for pretty much everything in my life.  My family and friends are amazing.  When we moved here I knew we had moved for a reason.  We bought the house we did in the ward we did for a reason.  I knew as soon as we pulled up to our home while we were house hunting that it was the house we needed to buy.  It was plain as day and an amazing feeling.  As the years go by (going on 4 in March) I am seeing more and more why we were placed here.  The people that I am surrounded by are some of the most giving and spiritual people I've ever met.  Our ward is one who would do ANYTHING for one another and they do do anything.  There is something to be said about having regular family prayer, family scripture study, family home evening, weekly date nights, personal prayer and scripture study and couples prayer and scripture study.  Jacob and I are horrible at reading our scriptures together and on our own.  As a family, we are spot on.  We do everything the prophet has asked us to do as a family and we do it on a daily or weekly basis depending on what it is.  Personal and couple things however... yeah, not so much(except date nights.  We've got that one down). But this time around Jacob and I both sat down and promised to read scriptures and says our prayers every day and when he calls every night, even though we only get to talk for 10 minutes we each take a few seconds to talk about what we read the night before and what we thought about it. I know without a doubt that this alone has helped things not suck this time around.  I know the Lord blesses those who do all they can do follow His commandments.  In no way are we perfect.  Our marriage has more than it's fair share of hiccups but I know that as we have built up our spirituality things have gotten better.  All the things we are good at now were a huge struggle for us to do regularly.  And as we kept trying and failing in those things the Lord knew our hearts and as we have become stronger the blessings have been poured on us.  I can't wait to see the people and family we become and pray that we can keep up this momentum.