Mark loves Kelly

Sometimes. Every once in awhile. You find the real thing.

I see people that spend their whole lives wishing for happiness but instead, they settle to keep themselves from being unhappy. Content. But then every once in awhile you see someone that was willing to take that risk. To gamble on love and happiness and to truly have what it is that you want, and not something just short of that.

I made a committment to myself to never settle at an early age. I've strayed from that committment on occasion, but true to form, I always find my way back to my original path. My decisions have not always been easy, and often I have looked back and questioned them. Especially when I see the time I've sacrificed. Ultimately though, I know that when I see myself living my dream with the girl I love...

No amount of time, heartbreak, stress, or trouble will mean a damn thing.

Getting here and staying here...

For me...finding someone that could give me this level of happiness has always seemed like a far-fetched dream. Truly, these types of feelings cannot be a reality...right?

Well, it's true that I've felt this way. I'ts also true I've made decisions based upon my pessimism of happiness and actually feeling completely connected to someone. It all seemed a farce to me.

But then you come in. Kelly. You came out of nowhere and I'm sideways with emotions that I had laid to rest and all but forgotten. I'm a new man. I'm someone that I didn't think I could be but always -secretly- wanted to be. I have unadulterated, fresh, and exciting thoughts of hope now because of you. This is the most precious thing you could ever give me...the hope and excited anticipation of a future.

This place I am at now. This place you have given to me is a place I plan to stay.