She was my first and is still my one true love.

As a Virgo, I am a dreamer. We have the potential to fall in love five or six times an hour in a crowded place. So it's not a surprise that I have searched long. All the time, in my heart, I already knew.

The wind blew her into my life about five years ago. I fell in love instantly.

She taught me how to slow down and look at what I had been missing. She showed me how to feel, not just how to touch. She showed me a world that was beyond my grasp and then walked me there, hand and hand.

I have never learned so much from such an incredible human being. We spent hours together, but it was never enough time.

Situation parted our ways for a year while I lived five hours away with a girlfriend. On a cold day, while visiting, we went swimming in the springs.

I took a nice dive into the dark part of the river. I barely made it up. I had broken my second vertebra on my spine and god and all those doctors only know what else.

All I can really remember is seeing her, wanting her beside me more than anything else in the world. That's when I truly knew she was the one.

I know what you're thinking, not particularly the best time in the world to realize it, but facing the possibility that you're actually going to die really clears things up. In a world of distractions and persuasion, it's extremely hard to see though all the bullshit to find what you are actually looking for.

For me that was love.

She stayed with me, beside me. She never cried in front of me and never showed an ounce of fear. She's a stronger person than I could ever be.

We now live together in our hometown. The years she waited, I will never forgive myself for missing. But I guess everything happens for a reason.

Each day our hearts and souls learn, experience, and grow together.

She is my best friend, my lover, my mentor, and she will always be my first and last true love.