Who Can Change Destiny?

Good things happen to those who wait. Well, I have waited
. . . more years than most for this good, no wait, GREAT thing. Yet, it happened. I am not use to writing this kind of post. I sort of feel like a fish out of water even attempting it, but before the entire ship can reach a destination, the rudder must be steered. I need to steer my ship away from skepticism and disappointment. Some people find that place; why not me?

There is a woman that walks this planet that is truly the love of my life. She is now and really, always has been. I met her my freshman year in college. Since college, I often went back to visit her in my memories. There I would always find her in the American Movie Classics channel of my mind - the sweet, charmingly quirky Andrea. However, the "movie" always ended bitter sweet. I have written about her a couple of times previously in this blog - here and here.

I remember the very first day of class my freshman year. There I wandered wide-eyed at a huge, midwestern university. Finding my way to my afternoon Introductory to Philosophy class, I quickly found a seat next to Mike who I befriended in another class earlier in the day. There we sat in a huge lecture hall that contained about 450 seats. The professor was making his way to the front, adjusting his microphone looked up to survey the overflowing crowd. Mike and I looked over the throng of students, too. They were bustling and were responsible for the roar that would prevent a normal conversation between friends.

Then, there she was - Andrea, although her name was a mystery to me at the time. She came floating in from the back of the hall. Noticing that there were no seats to be found, she gracefully found a place on a step in the aisle about 12 feet to my left.

Once my eyes found her making her way to her spot, they couldn't leave her. The room changed. It was no longer a rowdy bunch of college freshmen; it was an empty dim-lit room with a spotlight on this beautiful, petite, blond girl with a magical charm that was conjured just for me. No more was there a roar from the crowd but in its stead was an angelic chorus. I was bitten, but bad.

I leaned over and elbowed Mike and said, "See that girl there?"

He replied, "Of course! Everyone sees her."

I, with great certainty, announced, "Well, I am going to marry her."

"Is that your girlfriend?" he asked with disbelief.

"Not yet, but the day is young."

The funny thing is that I wasn't being cocky. I was just sure that she was THE ONE. When people scoff at "love at first sight", I grin. I know it is true. Even today, years later, I still know it. I hadn't talked to her in such a long time but recently that has changed - changed in a grand and dramatic way. My AMC has lit up and I have no plans on changing the channel.