My Favorite Love Story

What is a love story that just makes your heart soar? Are you inspired by the love stories you've heard from people you know? The ones written in books even? These are the questions I like to ask myself from time to time.

I myself personally love stories of LOVE and these stories are usually tied to Nicholas Sparks who really knows how to reel you in. But my all time favorite love story is not any of his works. Though I have to say his story telling is amazing beyond belief.

So let me begin to tell you one of my favorite stories.

It all started with a beautiful twenty-two year old woman. Her heart was feeling broken because she felt she lost herself in a relationship that wasn't made for her. When she came down to this realization she reached out to her dad. "Take a week break from the relationship and see how you feel." She was told. She willingly took the suggestion and stayed with her dad.

That week she had a lot to think about and many points of reflection that she didn't want to accept. After a week she was hanging out with a man who was a friend of her dad's and decided that she no longer wanted to be in the relationship that she took a break from.

It was time for her to go get her things from where she lived with her Ex. This was not an easy journey for her but she knew that she had to face this head on. When she was packing her Ex would say anything to try to sway her from leaving. The young woman would not have it she continued to gather her things. She felt grateful that she wasn't alone with her Ex as she moved.

A few weeks had gone by and the young woman's dad was talking about moving out of state and how this could be a fresh start. This idea appealed to her because she thought this would give her the opportunity to run away from the hurts of her past.

She had to think of her next move. "Do I want to stay where everything is familiar to me?" was one question constantly running through her head. She didn't know what to choose and felt lost. Before she knew it she found a relationship to anchor herself to.

She watched as her dad moved across the United States and tried to focus on the relationship she was in. After a month she learned a lot more about herself and didn't want to be in the relationship anymore. She learned that she was still hurting from her previous relationship and was unintentionally punishing her new one for the pain that had cost.

With that she had to move in with her mom and was prepping to start work. She was really starting to build herself back up. This was just what she needed. When she first broke up and moved to her dad's; he had told her. "Drop the heavy rocks in your back pack." He went on to explain that if you're carrying so many things on your back it makes it difficult to look at what's in front of you. "The love of your life could have crossed your path multiple times but you can't see if your head is down."

That message stayed with her for a long time. She had to learn to forgive and love herself. Now that she knew this and finally understood what this all meant she began to see that she was beautiful and could be confident.

Time went by and things happened that were unexpected. The year that she met the man of her dreams was the year that her Grandma had past away. She had been working on building herself up from that harsh blow.

When it came close to October, the young woman now twenty three years old had decided that she was going to buy a costume that was in memory of her grandma. She tried the costume on and took pictures feeling good about it.

The costume was a Dorothy costume. She sent a picture to her dad to ask what he thought. He let her know that she looked beautiful as always but also sent the picture to a friend of his. He had asked his friend if he had the opportunity would he date the girl.

The man responded, "In a heart beat." When the woman's father read this he went a head explained "This girl is my daughter her name's Michelle. Good luck."

Eventually the man and Michelle had planned to meet up for Dinner. They met at Texas Roadhouse. Michelle invited him and waited patiently for him. He was working out and told her that he would be there shortly.

Funny thing is that traffic had another plan and made him late. Michelle still waited because she was anxious and nervous. When he finally got there she was just glad to know that he showed up.

This story is still in motion today.