A Special Love Story

It’s a love story, a special love story about a boy and a girl. The boy and the girl started as friends, the boy was at a point attracted to the girl, but the girl not to the boy. They remained friends. There was a point when the girl was attracted to the boy, but the boy not to the girl. They remained friends. There was a point when the boy and the girl were attracted to each other and they fell in love. The boy and the girl went to school together, the boy played football and was in the band. The girl was on the dance and cheer team. They were good kids and they were in love.
At a point the boy left the school to focus on his goal of being a Marine. The girl remained at the school. The boy and girl were still friends and still in love. The girl was a senior and it was time for prom. The girl wanted to take the boy but had to get special permission as the boy was no longer a student at the school. The girl didn’t expect the answer she received. The boy was not allowed to attend the prom. The boy was good friends with another boy who was asked to leave the school. The school knew these boys were friends and since the boy who was in love with the girl was no longer a student at the school, the school felt they were entitled to not permit the boy to go to prom with the girl. The girl was heartbroken, it was her senior prom and she was in love with the boy. The boy’s mom and the girl’s mom could not believe the boy and the girl could not attend prom together. The boy’s mom and the girl’s mom e-mailed the school, called the school, met with the school administrators separately and together. Other moms of boys and girls offered their support of the boy and girl to attend the prom together. The school said no. The mom of the boy was heartbroken for her boy and the girl. The mom of the girl was heartbroken for her girl and the boy.
The boy told the girl to go to prom without him. The girl said no. The girl said she wouldn’t go to prom. The boy said, you must go to prom. The boy said, I will rent a tux, I will buy you flowers, I will take prom photos with you, I will go to pre prom with you. I will ride with you to the prom, I will walk you to the door and I will wait outside for you and we will then go to after prom together. The girl said ok. The girl’s mom was happier, the boy’s mom was happier the girl was happier. The boy’s mom said she would drive to the prom and have dinner with the boy while he waited for the girl. The boy, the girl, the boy’s mom and the girl’s mom all supported each other and the boy and the girl had as great night despite their circumstances. The boy and the girl set an example for all. The boy followed his heart in pursuing his dream to be a Marine. The boy at one point chose to break up with the girl. The girl was heartbroken, the girl’s mom was heartbroken, the boy’s mom was heartbroken. The boy was heartbroken but chose what was right for him. The boy, the girl, the boy’s mom and the girl’s mom all managed to remain friends over time and work through the pain. At one point it seemed to be understood the boy didn’t want the girl waiting for him while he was serving his country. Maybe the boy deep down new something more. The boy did go and serve his country and became a Marine that stood out and was noticed. The boy had dated other girls, the girl went off to school and began to date other boys. The boy and the girl and the boy’s mom and the girl’s mom remained friends. After a year in the Marines, the boy got sick, the boy got very sick. It was said by the Drs. the boy would not live. The boy came home to be with his mom and do his best to survive his death sentence. The girl hearing of the boy’s sickness told her new boy that she felt she wanted to visit the Marine Boy, the girl’s new boy understood. The girl drove hours and came and sat with the boy, the girl did this several times. The boy’s heart was touched, the boy’s mom’s heart was touched, the girl’s mom’s heart was touched. The boy and the girl loved each other, not the kind of love that passes with circumstance, the boy and the girl had authentic love for each other no matter the circumstances, no matter if they were together as boys and girls are, or not. The boy’s mom and the girl’s mom became great friends. The boy passed, the boy’s mom’s heart shattered, the girl’s heart shattered, the girl’s mom’s heart shattered. The girl’s family, the girl and the girl’s new boy supported the boy’s family as they laid their boy to rest. The boy, the girl, the boy’s mom and the girl’s mom set an example of what is possible. The story is over but the love never ends. scd

The Story Continues…

Years passed and the new boy asked the girl to marry him, she said yes. The girl and the girl’s mom invited the boy’s mom to attend the wedding and she accepted. The boy’s mom drove cross country to be at the wedding and the boy would drop down from heaven to be at the wedding too. The girl now a bride and the new boy a groom would have a forever guardian angel.

 The Surprise…

The boy’s mom sat at the wedding taking it all in! Everything was perfect and gorgeous. As the boy’s mom waited for the ceremony to begin, thoughts of her boy and what might have been flooded her mind. This was the future now and physically the boy was in the past. It was time for the girl’s future, the boy’s mom understood.

The girl’s mom had said to the boy’s mom months prior that the boy would be at the wedding. The boy’s mom knew that, as the boy was always with her in a way others didn’t understand. But the boys mom didn’t realize what was to unfold.

After the ceremony all the guests attended a beautiful riverside cocktail reception prior to the dinner. The bridal party was busy with photographs and some private time while the guests mingled. Soon the girl bride and her groom made their appearance as husband and wife! A beautiful couple!

The boy’s mom heard the girl bride excitedly call out for her.  The girl bride was holding her bouquet and said “I have to show you this before they put my bouquet up!” She held the bouquet out to the boy’s mom and showed her the tie around the flowers. It was the boot strap from the boy’s Marine uniform and threaded through it was a blue butterfly and a gold wedding band. (The boys mom had kept her wedding band from the boys dad when they divorced and she planned to give it to the boy when he married. After the boy passed, she met with the girl and asked her if she would like to have the ring. The boy’s mom wanted her to have it. The girl was touched and the boy’s mom was touched.)

As the boy’s mom’s eyes fell on the bouquet her heart jumped and she felt tears well. There were no words for how special a moment this was!

A special love shared and understood by all.