i was looking across old photos before the sun rose this morning, and i couldn’t help but shar
i was looking across old photos before the sun rose this morning, and i couldn’t help but share the one that made my heart feel the warmest. you see, this day was one of those ‘turning points’ in which the course of your live is decided. it was june, 2012, about 2 and a half years ago now. I’d been studying abroad in Spain and met an american boy also studying abroad, and we spent the next three months of our time together there, in what I called a “europe fling”. This photo was taken June 1st, in Amsterdam. We were 20 and reckless and laying on a blanket in a grassy field in amsterdam, me eating ‘truffles’ and him with a joint in hand, because we could. We laid there for hours, laughing until we cried, crying until we laughed, talking about all the wonderful things we had shared. I was flying out the next day. I thought I’d never see him again. He told me he loved me and I told him I wasn’t going to try long distance. The next morning, he dropped me off in the airport and I knew I couldn’t watch him walk away for the last time. So as I was getting ready to board my flight, I took out my shitty, european flip-phone with 2% battery on it, and called him with just enough time to say ‘yes’ before the line went dead. 2.5+ years later, and we have built a beautiful life in Canada, where i’ve sponsored him as my spouse to be a permanent resident, and i can truly say i am so grateful every single day to live in a world where I have my best friend by my side. its still an adventure (without the hippie drugs and with a few more responsibilities). We chase our dreams together every day: dreams of returning to spain to get married, continuing to travel the world, having a family one day. i truly believe all of those things will happen- but to think, they almost didn’t, because for a moment in time, I was too afraid of happiness to believe. -- source link
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