A Year Ago

 

A Year Ago 

A year ago today, I agreed to meet you, so on a very cold January night, I met you at the mall. 

Drawn directly to where you parked without being aware and this journey of ours began. 

You were a sight for sure, and the way we instantly connected was pure enchantment, it’s no surprise that in that moment unbeknownst to me, I started to fall. 

You were everything I had searched for and more wrapped up in one beautiful package; instantly you became part of my life’s plan! 

 

It hasn’t been smooth sailing, of course not, our lives have not been built for easy, so we’ve hit some rough patches. 

Even losing each other for a bit before we figured out, we didn’t want to be without one another and found our way back. 

We still have a long way to go, but we are on the right path, and together to face any storms, so batten down the hatches. 

It will take time, patience and effort from us both to find our footing together, but we’re on the right track. 

 

A year ago today, our lives changed forever even if we didn’t know it right away. 

Fate and our souls brought us together to love, support, cherish and care for each other.  

Giving us each someone solid with similar issues and trauma responses, a broken human that could love us right, a person that no matter what we faced; would stay. 

The universe knew what we both had been through, what we really needed and said we belong together! 

 

A year ago this dance began and we started off graceful, but we stumbled when the music changed, the tempo not something either of us was used to. 

Though neither of us was able to give up the chance to learn a new dance to the new beat since no other melody felt right. 

So, we dusted ourselves off and took a chance to learn to dance together to this new song, taking it slower this time the lead being taken by you. 

Making progress mastering the new moves, one step at a time, heading toward the championship and our future together that all started a year ago tonight! 

 

-Angela Stull, 1/15/25