Writer's Block: Star-crossed

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“Shouldn’t have”? Well – the timing was certainly off. I met my husband while I was still in the process of living through the very long, drawn out and painful end of my prior relationship. As a result, we became friends over the course of a couple years, both secretly harboring greater emotions, both convinced that the other person didn't share our interest, both resolved to the idea that our feelings would never amount to anything more. Then, after a particularly rough couple of months with the ex, I found myself sitting in tent across the table from my “friend” as he attempted to casually tell me he thought I was beautiful. His ‘off hand’ remark came out a bit more serious than he intended, and my heart both sang and sank at the same time. Sank, because I realized that the man I was with had never expressed the same feeling; sang because this crack in the just-friends armor let me see that I wasn’t the only one hoping that we’d end up closer.

I left the man I was with that week and have never looked back.

My husband and I will be celebrating our fifth anniversary this October. Things haven’t always been golden (we’re both exceedingly stubborn and opinionated people), but they have always been right. We didn’t know we’d end up at the altar when we started, and it has made every step along the way an honest gift.

I love you honey. Always.