A journey of love

I have no idea whether or not anyone is reading this blog. Not too many comments so far... I don't know if that is good or bad..

I thought I would write briefly today on the topic of love. What a beautiful subject--especially if the person you are with is extraordinarily lovely. Have you ever felt that you just couldn't take your eyes off someone? That you just had to be with someone? That everything within you wanted to breathe in that person's sight, smell and essence? I have and I do. I believe that this is being in love.

Tomorrow I am flying out of town with my partner to see her family for the first time in a very long time. We are both so excited. The job I've had for several years now have given me limited time off and in almost four years, I have only been back home with her once-for a funeral. Tomorrow things change--for the better--and I couldn't be happier. It seems like such a small thing to take a trip but..

What can I say? We simply love to be together. After seven years, we still talk on the phone, by email or txt many times a day. We have to be in each others presence somehow--even for just a quick shopping trip to Walmart. Not being able to travel with her has been hard. And not just hard but almost unbearable to me. I have driven her to the airport countless times, leaving in tears both because I was worried about her and because I could not go with her. Lonely cannot even describe waking up or going to bed without her.

Soul mate love-that is what we call it. I don't know that everyone experiences it or understands it but it is a gift that is truly ours.

I was thinking this morning of how I can read her so well. Even when she says she is fine, I know when she is not. I think when love is alive, the spirit knows-- and feels--even from a very long distance.

Sometimes I have to wonder what keeps love alive. Commitment? Yes, but also I believe that deep down, there has to be a flame burning that only two connected souls can embrace.

Tomorrow we make a journey together but in reality we are making a journey every day of our lives.
It is a journey of love. I feel so lucky to have found it.

Until next week..
:)