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"Right Here Waiting" By: Richard Marx. I've known Michael since August 1988, and we've been married since January 1991 (yes it was played for our wedding dance song, per our request). It seemed we were not only destined to be together, but that "Right Here Waiting" was to be our song. As I mentioned we've known each other a long time, and I can't even say that we ever really dated... I was promised to someone else when we met, and he had just been removed from a relationship with someone else. It was not easy for us to even be friends given the circumstances that brought us together, yet every time we needed a friend to listen to our ups/downs we would seek the other out, and it seemed "Right Here Waiting" was always being played on the radio during these times. Shortly after we were married, Dessert Storm occurred and Mike wanted to go. I was scared but I told him if he wanted to go I'd waiting right here for him always (he did not go due to military physical requirement changes). Then I had to have an emergency surgery on my gallbladder (I knew he hated hospitals)... He was required to work the same day as I was to have my surgery done (bless his mom for being with me just before surgery, in post recovery room, and in my room), but when I awoke in my room he was there beside me whispering "Right here waiting." That soon became our message of love, support, and comfort in a lot of our ups and downs. It is sort of like a reminder that we can not and will not give up on the other person regardless of what life throws at us. And after nearly 18 years we've conquered quite a few things and are still kickin' life back while we are "Waiting Right Here" for each other.
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