A couple of weeks ago when Sandra Bullock accepted her Golden Globe for Best Actress for her role in The Blindside, she thanked her husband, uber-entrepreneur Jesse James, for ‘having her back’ and commented on how it wasn’t surprising that her work got so much better when he came along because before that she never knew what it was like to have someone have her back.

That moment, watching Sandra’s heartfelt sentiment come out of her heart, and then thinking about the family from the movie, The Blindside, and how important it was for this young boy to know a place where someone had his ‘back’ made me think about my own life and who has my back.

When I think of who has my back, I realize that it is easy to feel that no one does when you feel alone. I’ve known for a long time that God has my back, but there have been times when I have forgotten. Somehow, when Mark came along…similar to what Sandra said…I felt like I wasn’t alone anymore. I felt like someone understood me.

As I watched Sandra, considered my own life, and thought of how things did change when I met Mark…I realized how much space it takes up inside of a person to ‘go it alone’… and even to believe they are alone. The feeling of you against the world takes a tremendous amount of energy. When I think back on my life, I’ve always had people who had my back. The difference that came with Mark was that I let him into my heart – fully, unconditionally, completely. In doing that, I could release my heart in a bigger way.

I believe that is what Sandra meant… that she was safe in letting her heart out. I know exactly how that feels.

Thanks, honey, for having my back. Love you.