“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” - Bertrand Russell

Longtime blog followers may remember the cruise I went on 2 years ago. Last minute, spontaneous – it felt right. I didn’t even KNOW about the cruise until two days before it began. And I had to postpone my departure to Sydney for an extra week to go. It is no stretch to say it was really, really, really, really a completely unexpected turn of my heart.
And THIS (on the cruise) is where I met him.

Fast forward to a few blog posts ago. Turning my life upside down – or right side up. Following my heart brought me back to my best friend, it gave me the balance I was seeking, the inner peace I had lost. And it reminded me that I am surrounded by so much love!!! Aaaannnd that same weekend – at the MMA fight – I met him again. The boy in the picture above or below. ;)
Or rather I should say, he made it a point to come over and ask me if I remembered him. (: Of COURSE I did. This boy isn’t really the forgettable type. (plus he can dance!!)

But then October started and I had a lot of focusing-on-self to do (which I did btw!! I successfully did all of that stuff for the whole month!!! YAY!!!) and so I didn’t see him again. Well not right off anyway. He was patient. And when we finally DID go on a date (which I didn’t actually realize was a date – HAHA!) we hit it off.

He makes me laugh. And he makes the world seem brighter. And so we saw each other again. And again. And again. And it’s crazy and ridiculous and amazing and beautiful that I feel the way I do about him.

We spent Thanksgiving with his family. We dropped the L word… and I know that’s insane!! Like seriously – I know!!! But I also know I’ve never said it more sincerely. I both respected and admired him BEFORE we ever decided to “date”. And I went into this seeing both the good and not-as-good parts. But I love it all. All of him.

And yeah… he loves all of me! And accepts me, skeletons and scars included. It’s crazy and ridiculous and amazing and unbelievable that he feels the same way about me. HAHA! Especially since he’s LEAVING in a couple of weeks to go live in another country. (karma sucks eh?)
But we’ve decided to throw caution to the wind. Love is love and it feels right.
Am I a little scared? Sure … but not really. The odds are a bit against us. But ultimately we’d rather have a short-lived, amazing, life-changing love that has the potential to be more than short-lived than deal with an eternal “what if?” And so we continue.

And…for as long as our hearts guide us, we’ll walk into the unknown together, hearts smiling and inexplicably tied to one another.







