one year ago november, i was sick as a dog with mono. i struck up an aim conversation with a guy from a webcomic forum that i was frequenting due to boredom. his sarcasm and his wit intrigued me and in a great twist of fate he was living just an hour away from my top choice of grad schools. we started talking on the phone at night, sometimes for hours, and became very close. i knew his best friends via aim, he had told his mom all about me, and a visit was planned during spring break.

one year ago tonight i stepped off a plane in portland, oregon. i was nervous, excited and exhausted. i finally got to the security point and my eyes searched out the boy that i had been bonding with for months. it only took me a few moments to find him in the crowd, holding unessesary [but very sweet] flowers and grinning from ear to ear. as soon as my eyes met his i understood that i would be with him forever. and today, one year later, i am more resolute that this will be the way it is. its been a year of ups and downs, of great sorrow and great joy, and i look forward to the many many years of this to come. so, theboy, i love you and can’t believe how lucky i am to have you in my life.