tears of joy

I have always been an extremely emotional and sensitive person who takes almost everything to heart. This has turned out both good and bad for me. Sometimes I have a tendency of taking things a little bit too personal and getting very sad and down about whatever that statement, comment, or issue was. But other times, if even the smallest thing is done for me or said to me I get overwhelmingly happy and cheerful. The most recent event that has evoke an extreme emotion from me was actually last night when I was talking to my boyfriend.

We have not been dating that long (only about seven months) but its one of those relationships where it feels like seven months has been seven years. We are extremely close and passionate for eachother, but sometimes he is kind of a jerk. He has a tendency of saying things in a harsher tone than intended, and me being the sensitive person I am, I always feel like he is either yelling at me or being cruel. But last night, it was the exact opposite during my moment of need. There are some changes happening in my family right now, where my mom is 95% sure she is going to be taking a job in Brussles and therefore moving to Europe and my 16 year old sister wants to move back to Arizona, where my mom happens to be living right now. There is a lot of conflict between my parents and they do not speak very often (and when they do its not pretty) so this situation is difficult for my sister. I have been overwhelmed with guilt because I am the one who asked her to move back to Mankato with me in the first place. So I have been thinking of options that would make this easier on my family and esspecially my sister and moving to Arizona is one of them (a very plausable one). I am of course conflicted on this issue, but my boyfriend, Chris, has been there helping me and attempting to be my voice of reason every step of the way.

Last night, Chris and I had a long discussion about the possibilities of moving to Arizona and he said something to me that just made me break down and start to cry. Not tears of sadness, but rather tears of joy and adoration. He told me that where ever I decide to go, what ever I decide to do, as long as I still want him he will be with me through anything and going anywhere. He told me that he would move away with me and start a new life rather than leave me any day with no hesitation.
It may sound a bit extreme, because we have only been dating for a short period of time, but him saying this evoked a happier feeling than I have had for a long time.