Posted on 12 May 2011. Tags: 22 years, attending college, christmas, college, comfort zone, girlfriend, great peace, Home, mom, peace and joy, Solidarity, spiritual man, spiritual woman, summer job, young lady
Here’s the situation. I am a 25 year old man, and I’m attending college at a university in Idaho. I have a summer job to help pay for college and housing and such, which causes me to come and live at home for a brief period. With all of this, I am wanting to get engaged to my girlfriend of 5 1/2 years, but mom does not like her family, she does not like her situation. See, my girlfriend is 22 years old, works two jobs, and attends community college here in my hometown. She also lives at home right now. (Basically every time I go up to school for 8 months at a time, she and I are separated.) We’ve been accustomed to the long-distance thing for a period of time, then we’re home seeing each other again in person. I must tell you all now that she is the first girl I have ever been with. I am the first guy she has ever been with. I dated a small amount (can count on one hand) before I met her, but once I met her, we fell in love, and it’s been steady and constant. For 5 1/2 years. Straight. Almost six!
Anyway, I am a deeply spiritual man, and my girlfriend is a deeply spiritual woman. Heck, she even joined the church with which I’m affiliated because she knew it would bring her great peace and joy, and as far as I can see, it has. I won’t get into details–for I am sharing something deeply personal–but basically, I had an experience where I was praying and received spiritual witness from God, like a confirmation of sorts that really boosted my already confident belief in mine and her solidarity as a couple is sure. This just solidified it. I mean, I know God is behind the two of us. My mom really tried to cheapen that when I told her about it by saying that I have been blinded by love, and had not explored my options much, and that I have been too comfortable with this young lady to not pull out of my comfort zone. I argued that I had explored enough, and had been with my gf long enough to really get to know her, as well as saying that I was only comfortable with that comfort that two in love ought to be comfortable with. She didn’t buy it–none of it–and has, from that day forward, sought to control and seek to put forbearance upon my relationship; striving to control how, when, and how long I am in contact with this girl. She’s even put a limit on how many dates I go on with her! Mom’s reasoning? Since I have been emotionally connected, the physical connection will begin. And it could get a little too physical, was the bulk of her wording. Of course, my gf and I are chaste, and we’re Christian, so we don’t do anything sexual between us. We’re gonna wait til marriage. (Besides, why open the Christmas present before Christmas? :D) Anyway, we’re clean, and we have bounds around each other, and we stay lovingly inside of them! I love this young woman with all of my heart and soul, and she certainly loves me just the same, if not more! She amazes me, she dazzles me, and she fills me with great gratitude to God for blessing me with such an angel! But anyway, you all aren’t here to hear that, you’re hear to help me, give me advice, or just reassure me to go forward! Whatever you will say, say it. Thank you all!
God bless!
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Posted on 16 December 2010. Tags: blind man, dirt road, innocent creature, innocent cry, little lilly, nineteenth birthday, odd story, servants, young girl, young lady
She was beautiful, beyond any sight ever. Gorgeous and stunning like no one else. No one could pass her by without taking a long glance at her. She was mysterious and that gave her more attention. She was simply Lilly. Well not just simply Lilly, there is a curious and odd story about Lilly which is not so simple. And her beauty wouldn’t last.
She was born with a face that was distorted. She was most unpleasant to look at. She was grotesque. Just a glimpse could make someone fall sick to their stomach. She grew up without a family, her parents left her as a young child, wrapped up with her face covered. She was found by a blind man who heard her sweet, innocent cry. She laid in the dirt road all wrapped up, laying there ready to die if a horse or carriage come down. This man, now he was not just some man. He was extremely wealthy and blind. It was late at night when little Lilly began to cry and he took her into her home to care for her. The man’s wife had died and they had no child so he took her as his own.
He raised her well and she became the sweetest young girl and she respected this man she called father greatly. He taught her everything she could possible know and more. As she grew up she become the brightest young lady her age, but no one knew this, she never left the house and had never talked to anyone else beside her father and a few of their servants. Her father thought of her so greatly and even though he was blind he knew she was beautiful. He kept her hidden because he knew what people would do to her and say. People were cruel and evil but he didn’t think of her that way. He thought she was the brightest, most innocent creature to walk the earth.
The man loved Lilly very much but he died on her nineteenth birthday, or at least the nineteenth anniversary of finding her. He had left everything to her. He had no one else but Lilly and now that he had died Lilly had no one. She was left alone once again. One day she was jaded with the old empty and decided to venture out to see the shops. But her father told her the truth with everything. She knew what would happen if she left the house so she wrapped her face with a scarf and she hid her secret. Lilly start toward the shops; that was the only place she knew about because she always heard the servants talk about it. She thought she would find something exciting there like the stories that the servants told.
Lilly wandered down the road looking at everything like she’d never been able to see. She was so curious and was taking in every moment like it was her last. Lilly looked at everything in the many shops and boutique but she met someone she never thought to meet. The very elderly widow Radley, once a beautiful and generous woman, now a miserly and decrepit witch, stopped Lilly in the market. She stood behind her and whispered, “I know who you are, you are the pretty sort. I know this, I have e seen your face in my eyes. I can help you.” The witch took Lilly’s arm and walked Lilly to her little shop full of odd trinkets and poisons. After this Lilly became afraid but the widow told her she was capable of many things, magical things. The witch told her she could reveal Lilly’s inner beauty. Lilly was no longer afraid, she was enthralled with the idea. Lilly wanted to be beautiful and didn’t want hide and longer.
“Give me your youth so I can continue to live and I shall reveal your heart and beauty so you may wear it on your face.”
Lilly didn’t care what she had to give up. She wanted to be free of what she called her curse. The revolting witch took out an old paper, a document or contract of some sort. It had written on it and names signed on it. As she signed, a golden mist illuminated her. The scarf unwrapped from her face and her beauty was revealed. Lilly didn’t bother to read any of it she just signed it. Poor girl, she didn’t know what she had just done.
Right after she signed the transformation started and she had changed her outer self to her soul. She was finally beautiful. Lilly lifted her hand to her face and felt what the witch had done. She felt her new face. She was so amazed and happy that she couldn’t control herself. She dash out of the door, almost dancing around as she ran home. As she got closer to her front door she slowed down and nearly stopped as horse and carriage wildly raged toward her. Time seemed to slow down as Lilly stood in the middle of the road, she looked at the carriage and turned away to look from death to see a man running to her.
The carriage passed Lilly has she had a man’s arms wrapped around her and with the wind knocked out of her. “I’m sorry Miss, I saw you just standing there and I couldn’t just watch you get, well you know. Oh dear, your head, it’s bleeding. Let me help you up.” The man quickly stood up and assisted Lilly who was shaking and still in shock. “That cut isn’t looking to good. Let me take care of it for you.”
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