More than I can say

Last night when I got home from work, I found this little turtle (Pokey) on my pillow. He/she (not really sure...) was holding a card for me from my sweetheart. Since it was after midnight when I got home, it was technically our 6-month anniversary. It may seem silly to some of you that we celebrated an anniversary of months, but people do that in their first year, don't they? I think they do, especially when things are going really well. I had a card for her as well. We had some wine and chocolate, and sat up talking for another couple hours. The rest is censored. ;-)

Martine has been a blessing in my life from the first moment I met her. That was several years ago in Indianapolis when she was doing a show there with Trina Hamlin. She lights up any room she enters and everyone sees it. We just met each other in passing that time, but we were fortunate to reconnect late in 2007. We became friends via email and phone during the first part of 2008 and then, well...it turned romantic. I think it surprised us both, especially the falling in love part. Neither of us were looking for it and it just happened. That's the best kind of love, if you ask me. We had only been seeing each other for a couple of months when I found out my brother had a tumor at the base of his brain. He died less than a month later. Martine was by my side through that entire, painful journey and that means more to me than I could ever communicate to her. I thank the universe every day for her presence, her love, her laughter, her smile, her beauty (inside and out), her talent, her creative spirit, her wit, her intellect, her eyes and how they look at me, her...ahem. Anyway, you get the idea. I love her more than I can put into words.

Thank you, Universe...