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FEBRUARY 14-DAY CHALLENGE
Day One: Who is the Love of Your Life?
He’s the one who completes me.
Meet Ed. He’s the guy with a shy grin, knee-buckling blue eyes, and a polished manner. But he wasn’t always like this. When I met him, he threw glares like pointed spears. If he wasn’t angry, he stood offended. Everything that happened to him was about him because he was suffering — overcome with bereavement. Fortunately, I found a way into his golden heart. I showed him he could walk beside his deceased daughter while holding hands with mine. Both of us cherished, neither forgotten.
Over the last twelve years, we’ve weathered storms riddled with flooding, life-threatening sickness, and disease. Each hardship brought us away from the edge where we planted roots, grew solid, and bonded forever. Each completing the other, we stood united without losing control of our identity. I am the nurturer of his health and well-being. He provides me with stability, calming the anxiety that threatens to break me.
Both better loving ourselves and each other.
Ed is only my second romantic love. The first was my husband of eleven years. Then many male friendships and hookups ensued, but I never found the one — until Ed happened into my life. We met at work. Neither of us looking for a partner, but…
