To you,
Kierrin
This is a story about boy meets girl.
I remember the first day I met you. Bright, smiling and full of energy.
I knew right then and there that I was in trouble.
You were one of the few people I’ve ever met that truly, truly cared about the people around you as I do. You have this power to light up a room, or to completely demolish it. Like a moth, I was drawn.
The road from there was anything but easy and still hasn’t let up.
But with every gust of wind that tried to blow us apart, we grabbed onto each other even tighter. We’ve gone through so much together in such a short span of time and I honestly still can’t believe that after everything we not only survived, but we have never been as close together, even while we’re so far apart.
You remain and will always remain the one thing in my life I would give anything to keep close and will protect you with every single molecule I have inside my body. Not that you need protection, to be honest, but you know what I mean*
Our talks of silly things are unavoidable. Your jokes make me crack up. Your openness to talk about the things you want and the things you fear in life was the reason I fell in love with you.
My heart kept telling me: “This is it! She’s the one!”, and today I want to kick myself for trying not to listen to it from the very beginning.
So we ended up going on this journey that we started walking without even realizing we’ve set off on it.
I fell. Hard. No, like you don’t get it. I fell as hard as anyone could ever fall. The deal was done. Signed, sealed, delivered. And I’ve not looked back once.
The most important and inexplicable thing to know, is that from the moment I met you, we became inseparable. We did everything together. Our lives started melting into one life. Our dreams and goals (those that weren’t aligned already) became OUR goals.
The effortlessness of two lives flowing into one. Her pain became mine, and her joy became my joy.
She was the person I could talk to about anything. My confidant, and my advisor. I truly understand two things today:
1) What it means and requires to be a man and what it would mean to be a husband one day.
2) What people meant when they said that behind every man is a strong woman.
I do however believe that we stand side by side. Not one in front and the other behind. She has filled in the undrawn lines, and I did the same for her. When I couldn’t get up, she pulled me up. When she couldn’t bear the weight anymore, I took some off and carried it for a while.
No stupid little piece on a website could ever explain to you, Kierrin, exactly what a massive difference you have made in my life.
You know when you’re on holiday at the beach and you get into the water, and you go a little deeper until you finally turn around to wave to your family sitting on the beach just to have an enormous surprise wave bring you to the brink of drowning? Well that was the feeling I would describe when I realized you cared that much about me.
I Love you. And I could never imagine not loving you xoxo
2018
The year we met!
2019
Travelled to New Zealand
2020
Seperated by Coronavirus Pandemic
2021
She says yes!!!
2022
Reunited!