My Serendipitous Love

I survived years of physical and emotional abuse, but it was not without consequences. The incomprehensible trauma I experienced still haunts my dreams and waking thoughts. It has been, and will continue to be, a long and grueling road to overcome my fears. What I have learned and discovered on my constant journey has lessened the pain I will persistently endure.

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He sent a random hello from a thousand miles away and the wall around my heart began to crumble from that simple word.  It was an unexpected chemistry that unlocked my impenetrable heart, a modest reconnection with that ignited the catalyst of my future. He was different, so different. I felt safe as he started rocking my world. It didn’t take long for me to fall for him, hard.

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He was an old friend, long dismissed from memory, but never forgotten. An unknown attraction sparked the fires of romance with a mutual and drunken realization. Emotions drove our thoughts and actions, binding us together with the threads of time. Choices were made at a moment’s notice; decisions that seemed to be of no consequence, but became a pivotal role in our ultimate fate.

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The night he said I love you was the first time I had ever cried tears of joy; the pain and heartache I had suffered flowed away with my tears. The process of healing began at that moment, and I will never forget that feeling. He accepted me; all of me, and he didn’t want to change or fix something that did not need it. I never really believed in soul mates, but the circumstances seemed too perfect to be a coincidence. There was something about him that I couldn’t explain, but I knew from that moment, I wasn’t going to let him go without a fight.  

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As he lowered himself to one knee, pulling a ring from his pocket, I cried. Shara, will you marry me? I was rendered speechless, by the man who had turned my life upside down, and I almost forgot to say yes. I was overwhelmed with a happiness I never before experienced; I already knew my answer long before the question was presented, but I didn’t expect it so soon. Despite our short time together, his timing felt perfect. I was ready, mentally and emotionally, to commit my life to this man. I couldn’t see my future without him in it.

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He is my everything.