| In a quick, stealing glance, I trace his profile from his brow to his chin and I catch the soulful glimmer in his iris and I melt at the thought of our kids getting his nose. In an instance, I remember longingly daydreaming for my prince charming, in and out of past relationships and all the stages of growing from my teens to my 20s, and then I snap to my surreal presence of living out my fairytale with Kyle. It’s a beautiful fairytale, where the imperfections of reality meet fantastical bliss, where our marriage ebbs and flows to the tide of our maturing adulthood, but it’s perfect in the intangible, ungraspable love and commitment that brings an ease to happiness and fortitude to growing pains. Our first year of marriage was gone too quick through bouts of adventure, happiness, quandaries, and tons of chatter of babies or puppies or both. But there’s a whole lifetime to look forward to with my perfect partner. |
