I think I had just about given up on finding love, I had certainly stopped looking. And that was when he found me. People always say that love kind of sneaks up on you when you aren't looking for it and it did. Jeff found me online... you know those stories people tell you about the crazy people you meet on the internet... well there may be some truth in that, but I digress. We messaged back and forth for a few months before our first face-to-face meeting... late night drinks and conversation at the Shamrock. And after parting ways that evening, he called me on my cell on the way home and we ended up talking for over 2 hours well into the wee hours of the morning. It took me a couple of months to realize that he was the one I wanted to be with and still 8 more months after that to say the words to him... it was hard to let go of some of those old fears, but so worth it.

And now, here I sit more than 2 years later remembering how it all began... in ways it seems like just yesterday and in others it feels like I have known him all my life. And I can't imagine a better way to spend the rest of my days than making happy the man who has brought so much love and joy into my life.