Saving Grace

My biggest saving grace would by my best friend. Saving grace is defined as a redeeming quality or characteristic by thefreedictionary.com. When I first thought about this I was listening to a song called "Halo" by Bethany Joy Galeotti. The first time I heard it was on One Tree Hill. I love the whole song but my favorite line is "I always said that I would make mistakes, I'm only human, and that's my saving grace." It made me think about my saving grace. Here's the link for the rest of the lyrics http://www.justsomelyrics.com/916527/Bethany-Joy-Galeotti-Halo-Lyrics

My best friend in the whole world is also the very same ex and U.S. Marine who I'm always talking about. His name is Rodney. He just turned 21 yesterday. He's my saving grace because he knows everything about me. He knows I'm nowhere near perfect, I'm not as strong as I appear to be, he sees right thru me. He has always been there for me and even though we have had our share of fights and disagreements we have always been able to tell each other everything. He has saved me so many times I lost count. Every time I need someone to talk to, I know he's there. He's like that stupid little voice in my head that helps me when I need it. I usually know what he's going to say when I go to him. But sometimes I get surprised.

He's my saving grace because I know that without him I'd be lost. I'm stronger now than I was before I met him. I'm not so cautious, even though sometimes I should be. I'm not nervous when I play in front of a group anymore, because I think of him. I'm more confident than before. He has taught me so so much in the short 2 years I've know him.

And it is because of all this I'm scared. I'm so scared he won't come home. I'm scared when I hear about things going on in Iraq. And I'm scare I will lose him.

I could have said a million things as my saving grace. But he's the first thing that came to mind when I thought of someone saving me.