The Things We Do for Love

It is time that I admitted to a few truths.
What I have to say, may surprise some but not others.
Here goes.

Just over 3 years ago I met a young woman who just took my heart away. (2 :53 pm,July 5th 2010 to be exact) It was a Saturday afternoon.

From the moment I saw her, I knew this was the woman who I was going to devote my life to. She was very much nonplussed at the time, I knew it would take time to win her over, but I was very determined to do just that.

From that day on I wanted to be near her, to see her, to be a part of her life. I even sold up and moved closer to where she lived. I saw her every day for months on end, we would share smiles, talk was not needed, we would look into each other’s eyes, this woman was starting to accept me, I would even go to her place and meet with her parents, they accepted me, they treated me as a part of their family, and knew that my feelings for their daughter was pure, then the unthinkable happened, I didn’t see her this one day, I was more than aghast with fear, I was mortified.

I went to where she lived I knocked on the door, her mother invited me in, I asked about her daughter, to my relief I was told she had caught a cold, and was bed ridden. In fact she was in bed asleep, her mother asked if I wanted to take a peek, how could I refuse? She lay there with eyes closed, small breaths lifting the blankets and slowly lowering them down again. Not a care in the world, looking as beautiful as ever.

Eventually we started spending nights together, she would come to my place for dinner, I would even try and be romantic and offered to feed her, we would then lay on the floor and play, nothing serious, just silly games, just like kids.
When it was time to sleep, I escorted her to her room, with her angelistic eyes asking me to tuck her in, I did and then wondered off to my own bed.

As time went by, I learnt more about her, how children would flock to her, how she would interact with those children, How she was accepted by Matilda ( my dingo) surprised me, as Matilda was only ever accepting of my children.

I told her every day that I loved her, and she would look me in the eyes and smile, a smile that could and would melt a million hearts, words back from her were not necessary, her smile said it all.

Whilst I haven’t seen her every day since that first meeting, when we are together, time seems to stand still, or at least I hoped it would.

We have been to swimming pools together, I have taken her out on one of my Pleasure Cruising boats ( well before I sold part of the business off), We have ventured to the Zoo, Have been excited by Circus’s, taken walks in parks, held hands walking down the street.