My Letter to Juliet.....

Dear Juliet,

I want to write to you about the Gratitude I feel, for the love I've found in my life. For my husband. The following is from my Journal. Which I'm sorry cant explain fully the level of my love for my husband & best friend. it's not possible with words, but I've done my best, to describe our story.

June 2011 Journal:

On the 11th of August 2008, a very rainy evening, I got a text message from Patrick Hussey, who I had known for about 2 years. We were in the same circle of friends at church, so I would have called him an acquaintance but didn’t know him too well. In the text message he sent first, he cutely asked did I think it was time to start building an Ark (It had been raining very heavily for a few days)We text back and forth a little and then Patrick asked me out on a date. Of course I consulted some of my closet friends at the time on this, before answering him haha But I was surprised to be asked and happy to say yes. We went on our first date the following Saturday, the 16th of August. We had a nice walk round a shopping centre, then went for some yummy food in Eddie Rockets, and finally I beat Patrick, big style in a few games of air hockey. I surprisingly found it easy to talk with Patrick as we chatted away about things and friends we shared in common. I still at this stage saw this as a friendly date, but was enjoying my time with Patrick. I was at a Baptism at church, with my Children, the next time I saw Patrick. It was the baptism of a mutual friend of ours. We are both members of the church of Jesus Christ of Later day Saints. It was weird this time seeing Patrick, as I was in Mammy mode and wasn't sure if this would put him of. But I needn’t have worried because Patrick text to ask if he could take me out on a second date. I wasn’t sure about this, but I knew that I was enjoying our closer friendship so I said yes again. My friends told me to stop over thinking and getting in my own way, to just enjoy our date and to see what happened. We met at a different shopping centre to have dinner and to see a movie. As we ate, I found myself looking at Patrick as if I were seeing him for the first time. I was beginning to see a different side to him that I hadn’t before. and I was liking this. The more time I spent with Patrick the less I was seeing him as just Patrick a distant acquaintance, someone I saw infrequently, the Patrick who I chatted with every now and then on Bebo. We were becoming closer. after this date we comfortably hugged goodbye. I couldn’t help but have an inside & outside smile as I travelled home. Corny I know, but true. Things had changed, I liked Patrick in a whole new way. When Patrick asked me on a third date, without hesitation I said yes. It was at this point, that I got FREAKED OUT to say the least ha, remembering a conversation with my Bishop about a month earlier. Where he had told me, heavenly father wasn’t going to give me a blessing, if I didn’t ask for it. That I should pray for a husband. This had made sense to me I guess, and although I didn’t see it happening for me any time soon, if at all. Being 27 years old, a single mum of 3. I wasn’t looking for a husband, but I did as my bishop had advised. then BOOM Patrick asked me out HA I hadn't remembered this till date three, So you can see why at this stage I was a little freaked ha I put this to the back of my mind and concentrated on the scary fact that, it was a possibility a first kiss was coming soon. It had been some time since I had a first kiss and I felt like I was 16 again. You know those feelings of Butterflies in your tummy kinda thing ha On our third date, we went to the movies and had some food, and I had my last first kiss. This is when I knew 100% that my life would never be the same again. Needless to say, there have been many many more special times between us since then. Too many in fact for me to write about, or my hand will cramp up and all my journal be filled, lets just say that those first few dates were the beginning of our happily ever after xox We are looking forward to our first wedding anniversary tomorrow, We were married on the 22nd of July 2010 and sealed for  eternity in the preston England temple the following day. So that our special Love, our complete family, can and will last FOREVER :)

　

That was the end of that Journal entry Juliet. It's now June 2012. I'm looking forward to celebrating our 2nd wedding anniversary in a month. I Love Patrick completely and feel so blessed that he loves me the same in return. It isn't always a fairy tale. But if it was, it wouldn't be real. and Our love is real. I'm thankful for the opportunity this is to share my story with you Juliet, the woman who knew true Love x

Carol Hussey :)