Thanksgiving Hangover

So Thanksgiving was great! The turkey and stuffing was excellent as always! The weekend with the children and family was blessed! Then there was the drive home. That had it's own issues. I can sum up the whole travel time back home with one word, T R A F F I C. I could go on and on but what would it matter. I am sure everyone had their own experiences with the road. I am just thankful we made it home safe and sound.

The cats were happy to see us after 4 days on their own. Charles, our biggest one, has been glued to me the entire time we have been home. He has to sit right next to me as I am doing my class work online.

I am looking for a job and I know that God will supply the employment for me by the end of the week. I have placed several applications in and am awaiting replies. I started school this week so to get my associates in business management. It is proving to be interesting and will stretch my will power to it's fullest.

I guess I just wanted to say that I am thankful for my family, friends, church and most of all, the privilege to be alive!

Have a blessed day!

Christmas without the kids.

As posted in earlier blog, we have moved over 600 miles from my daughter and my grandchildren. We are so happy to be in the south and I especially am happy to be back in the south again! We lived in Erie, PA and they had their first snow blizzard this year while I was enjoying 65 degree weather! Yes, I called my daughter and asked how the weather was and she was rather rude to me. (all in fun!) I can't imagine why? (stated with a bit of sarcasm)

Unfortunately we will not be able to see them for the Christmas season. We will be able to go for 2 days the day after Thanksgiving and spend some time with them. I will miss watching the grandchildren open their gifts and miss the joy in their little faces, and my daughter's face and embraces. We always have great times during Christmas, because it is the one time of year, (and it should be all year long!) that we embrace each other and ignore the differences! My parents are gone, and my daughter and son are all I have left of a family, (except my sister who has her own family). My son is in Iraq this year and my prayers go out to him and his wife in TN. (please keep him in your prayers this season!) My daughter and I have never been apart during Christmas and this will be the hardest thing for both of us.

All we have ever had has been each other. She has been with me through everything in my life and shared in everything and I in hers, it is hard to imagine Christmas without her. We have been each other's strength and support and laughter. She is so much more than my daughter, she is my best friend! I was there with her during the births of both boys and watched life begin from the little girl God gave me. I just pray and hope that she knows how much she means to me and how very sorry I am that I can't be there for Christmas due to job obligations.

I was 8 1/2 months pregnant with her when my mother died and when I delivered her, she became the reason for my life at that moment. I was so lost when my mother died, it was the life I carried and then delivered that God gave me that kept me from doing anything stupid. Thank you God for her and my son! They are truly God given gifts!

Laqueta, know that you have and always will be the light of my life!

A Different Kind of Driving

There is a new chapter beginning, or should I say picking up where it left off, in my life. It doesn't involve driving at this time. I quit my previous job with that company due to two things. One, they were not an EOE as they proclaimed and two, I am pursuing another call on my life. One thing is for sure, the road I am on now is a road of discovery and with more adventure than I could ever dream of.

You see, way back, about 30 years ago, I was anointed and blessed by God and a call was placed in my heart. I was about 15 at the time. I then spent most of my life running from that call and trying to do everything I could to stay away from that call. What I wasn't aware of was that everything I went through, every life lesson I was learning, every experience I had was leading me to this very place and time now in my life.

Sometimes we go through life thinking so much about the here-and-now that we loose ourselves in the day to day concerns overlooking the what-could-be. I was very guilty of that myself. I was always trying to "fix" the things in my life and thinking I was in control or at least attempting to be in control. I was forever looking backward into my past trying to recapture the reasons I was going through so much and blaming my past for everything. I have since realized it is the choices I was making in that present which gave me to stumble.

I now know that the past is great for good memories of pleasant times, but it is not the basis of which to build my life on now. I live in the here-and-now always dreaming and believing about the what-could-be and knowing that it is God who is in control, and through Him, all my dreams will come true.

I have quit driving over the road commercially for good. After 15 years of over the road driving for companies, I can leave that chapter without regret and am excited about the prospects of what will come. My father told me to "stop and smell the roses" and I realized that it is very hard to smell the roses while traveling at a speed of 55mph or more. I am now going to live my life with me in it and more importantly, with God driving. I've read the bumper stickers, "God is my C0-pilot", well, I have given the wheel to Him and now He is the pilot, I am soaking up the scenery!

I don't know where the road will lead me, but I know who is driving! I may not know what tomorrow holds, but I know who holds Tomorrow!

So with a little apprehension, (you know, the kind of apprehension you feel at the top of a roller coaster hill just before it plummets down the huge hill that makes your stomach feel like it is in your throat), I am on my way! (can you hear me screaming with delight and fear!)

Driving Miss Tara is still a good name for this because now it is still a journey of discovery and I will keep you up on all that I find!

Until next time, peace be with you!

Hell Week!

Ok, so the first week was very interesting on the new job. Let's start with picking up the truck on Sunday. My other half and I drove to Raleigh, NC to pick up the truck that would be mine to drive until they replaced it with a new one. Upon arriving, we noticed it was in fact a 2005 Volvo and looked very nice. And that is where it ended. The inside was not wiped down in any way and the mattress was dank and nasty. I went ahead and took it to our home town to load it with my things. I called my dispatcher on Monday first thing and requested to be taken through a service center to replace the mattress with a new one. I got a load to Chattanooga, TN. Not a bad first trip! I went through Knoxville, TN to go to the service center to replace the mattress and the guys there were really nice. I then asked them if they would install my inverter, (a device that has 4 electric sockets to use for things like a microwave, phone chargers, computer...etc). They did and I was all kinds of happy. That is until I realized my phone charger was left at home. So I had to find the Walmart and purchase another one.

That was just the first 24hrs. Then after delivering to my destination, I received a load assignment to pick up at 6PM. I was delivered and ready at 9AM. So I took my truck to the service center in Chatt. and they proceeded to do a mild PM, (preventive maintenance) and switch out some bad tires which turns out that I had one steel wheel and the rest aluminum. By the time they were finished, it was 4:30:PM and I hadn't gotten to rest at all. I then had to pick up the load and by the time I did that, it was now 6:30PM and the load delivered at 7AM the next morning 500 miles away. With no sleep, I called the dispatch and told them and they told me to drop it so they can get someone on it that has the hours and the rest. I did and stayed the night at Chatt. The next morning they gave me a load to Richmond, VA and Chantilly, VA. I was on the way to get them picked up and stopped at 2 more service centers to find a shower. There were no women's showers. So I went in and said something to someone, and was told I could use the men's shower in the men's room, jut to put a chair in front of the door. Yeah, like that would work! I went in and told the HR person that it was sad that today, with so many women drivers, a company as large as this one and as well known, wouldn't have the accommodations for women.

After that, I was directed to a service center with a woman's shower and promptly left my blue tooth on the door after I left and was too far to go back and get it. So I called them and they are going to send it to me.

I made my pick up and got to my first destination on time, then made my second then was told to drop my trailer. My dispatcher was very kind and understanding and tried everything to help me. He then sent me home for the weekend for some much needed rest.

Just a side note: Driving through Washington, DC on the beltway is not a good idea around 5PM. It took me 3 1/2 hrs to get from Washington DC through Richmond, VA. That is only 100 miles.

The highlight of my whole week was coming home to my other half and enjoying time at home! Monday, I'll do it again.

On the Road again!

Got through orientation. I believe I will like this company! They have very good benefits and really nice equipment to drive. I will be driving a 2005 Volvo 6600 series. I go to pick it up today.

Met a lot of nice people in orientation. Super Dave was super nice and we clicked so now I know I have another friend. He lives in Mississippi and has a wonderful girlfriend he spoke very highly of. He was like the little brother I never had. There was Roderick, Charles, Robert, Kerry, just to name a few. They were all very nice and we all laughed a lot!

At the hotel, there was a Sports Bar that served food and we met there in the evenings to eat dinner. Then we talked the owner into fireing up the kareokee machine and the fun started. I sang a few songs and did some duets. It was a nice way to wind down the day.

Now I am getting ready to start my week with the new company and am looking forward to getting back to what I do best, drive! So be careful out there on the highways because you never know when a red volvo will be watching!

PS: Don't forget to use your turn signal!

Starting a New Chapter

So today I started with my new company. As in the last blog, I mentioned that I had moved to NC and the company I was with, unfortunately, could not guarentee me home every weekend. So I had to say good bye to one of the best dispatchers I have ever had to start with another comany. I arrived here late due to my plane being late and the good part was that I got a room by myself. WOO HOO!!! I started today, Monday with my DOT physical, then off to a Hazmat class then off to lunch. Following lunch, to a wellness class where I learned some important information about living healthy on the road. Then off to my driving test. So far so good, I am still here and looks like I passed everything. At the end of the day we got our uniforms. Yes, I said it, uniforms! I haven't ever HAD to wear uniforms so this is rather new for me in the 15 years of driving. I must say, I make them look good! (LOL!) I finally got back to my hotel room at 7:30CST after begining my day at 5:00AM! Now I am off to bed and looking forward to tomorrow's events!

All in starting a new chapter in my driving career! I think I will like this company!

Be safe out there!

A Different Level of Insanity

While driving along in my semi on 8/29, I received a phone call I had been expecting from my S.O., (significant other). She had been offered the promotion we knew she would get. (using the Secret). The conversations was one of elation then she informed me she had to be at her new job in North Carolina by 9/17. "Ok" I thought, no big deal. We were planning to visit with friends for the Labor Day weekend then the following weekend go to the Women's Festival in Ohio. Yes, this meant that I had not been home since 8/24.

So off we go to the friends house, enjoy a relaxing time of which would be the last relaxing time for the next 3 weeks. Our roommate chose to move immediately therefore leaving us with no choice but to get moved in 1 week because of our animals. So, leaving our friends in Cincinnati, OH on Monday, 9/3 with my dear friend on the truck visiting for a week, then to take her back by 9/6 to get back to the yard, (my company's yard in Bradford, OH) to drop off the truck. to the Women's Festival for Saturday east of Columbus, OH. Left there on Sunday traveled to Pittsburgh, PA to see her parents and spent the night. Then left there on Monday, 9/10, traveling to Rocky Mount, NC arriving Monday night to a Hotel. Tuesday after looking at several places finding an apartment at the end of the day, we collapsed and got up early Wednesday to drive back to parents in Pittsburgh to retrieve the things we left there then back up to Erie, PA. We arrive in Erie, PA on Wednesday night late, collapsing into bed for our much needed sleep. We then get up early the next day, go and procure our Budget moving van, get it to the house, and proceed to pack and load from Wednesday night through Friday evening.

We got most of everything packed up and in the van by Friday evening then decided to go out and say our goodbyes with friends and family. We drank, danced and had a good time. Then came time to say our goodbyes and it was a tear fest. We all hugged and cried and then we had to go. Got into bed by 3:30AM then got up at 8:30AM to finish the last of the loading. We then loaded the cats and dragon then off we went by 11:30AM. I drove the van with one cat and she was in the car with the other 2 cats and dragon. (bearded dragon) We left and got 2 hrs into our trip then had to stop and let the cats stretch on their leashes which is a treat in itself. Back in the vehicles and off again. The trip went like that til about 7:00pm when we stopped to eat dinner. Then when she got back into the car, one of our cats had figured out how to open the carrier and was sitting on top of it. After laughing, we switched that carrier for the one in the truck and that really made the cat upset because now it's a different carrier and she can't unhook it. The cat in the truck with me was very docile and content to have the door of the carrier open. He didn't even try to get out of it while the truck is moving. So from 7:30pm to 1:30am the cats in the car meowed. My S.O. tried to drown it out with music, but found out they try to match the volume with their cries. We were so exhausted by 1:30am, that even though we only had 50 miles to go to get there, we had to pull over at a truck stop and slept in our seats til 6am.

So we get moving again and arrived at our new place by 7:30am on Sunday, 9/16. Now, mind you, we have rented an upstairs apartment and began looking at the truck and looking at the apartment, back and forth and decided to go get some breakfast. We let the cats out and they explored the new place while we took the laptop and went for some breakfast. We got online with the laptop after we ordered and found a site called emovers. They send professional movers out to unload, load or move anything for a fee. Since her company was paying for the move, we decided to try them. Sure enough, by the time we were finished with breakfast, they had called us back and was on their way from Raleigh. We got back to the apartment and they showed up and unloaded the truck within 3 hours. I feel it was worth every penny that was paid to them. (about $140). We just told them where to put stuff. After they left, we collapsed onto the bed and slept another 3 hours.

I am off work for the duration of all of this so when we got word that our mobile home was being sold, I was ecstatic! This week we are unpacking and basically figuring where we want things. Here's the joy of all this, within 2 months, we plan to buy our own home and get to do this again....only not so fast and with hired help!

I must get back to unpacking since I found the bedroom and master bath, the kitchen is coming into view and the living room isn't quite as cluttered. Still looks like the moving fairy threw up in here, but it is a work in progress as soon as I get off this machine.

There is much to be said about insanity, but to find a place, pack, move, unpack all within a week, well, that just a new and different level don't you think?

Alone in San Antone

Hello from San Antonio, TX!

It is mostly sunny here, but there have been an occasional shower, this is what you get when the sun crosses paths with the showers. Pretty huh?

I delivered here this morning at 11:00AM. I was empty and received my next load information almost immediately. (Go Dispatch!!!) However, it does not pick up until tomorrow at 9:00AM CST. Yep, you guessed it, I am sitting here in a truck stop, (because there is no other place to park my truck and trailer), until 8:00AM, when I will then go and pick up my load that will take me to Indianapolis, IN for a Friday morning delivery. You might ask, "did you try to call and get loaded early?", and yes I did. They were unable to take me early because the load isn't ready and the appointment was set.

So here I sit...hum....mmmm...ok, so I thought this is why I would love to have unlimited funds. I could go and see the Alamo, get a hotel room with a pool, see a movie. The problem I run into is that I could do all those things, but it is difficult to get this truck and 53' trailer into a movie theatre or find parking at the Alamo and most motels don't have truck parking...(at least the ones I would go to...ie:Hyatt Regency, Holiday Inn Executive, you know, the top of the motel chains)

I decided to make some more jewelry for our web site and for the festival I am going to in September. I made 20 items in 6 hours. Now, mind you, I make earrings and if you take into consideration that each earring is made separately to make a pair, I didn't do too bad. I made 17 pairs of earrings. They are very pretty and I am proud to say that each one is an original, (in pairs of course).

Oh well...I can't do anymore of that today because my eyes are crossed. I will go into the truck stop and get some food then find a good movie and relax the rest of the evening. I deserve it. I worked hard today even if it wasn't driving this rig.

Until next time! Happy trails!!!

Sharing the Road

As I draw a close to this month's activities, I am reminded that there are all different types of people/driver's in the world. This is found more profoundly in the way people drive. I, being the professional driver that I am, watch these people every day, all day long. I see drivers who are in a hurry because their business is most important, drivers who are going slower than the rest for various reasons, (IE:watching the scenery, wrecks or emergency vehicles, or just are scared to drive in traffic), and those who are trying their best to stay out of everyone else's way.

These drivers are those who might be driving a sports car, a SUV, a pick-up, a school bus, a camper, a bus or even a semi. I watch them weave in and out of traffic, using their cell phones, talking to passengers and most disturbing, reading or using a laptop all while driving. We wonder why there are more accidents and more people not paying attention to what should be the most important thing while behind the wheel, the road and traffic!

In this day and age, with all the new handy dandy gadgets to communicate, what ever happened to good ole' fashioned driving. I understand on a long trip it is nice to have someone to talk to, or something to chat through, but while driving, the most important focus should be on the road. After all, isn't it the road that will get you from point A to point B?

I am also talking about the semi drivers as well. They are not above this. I see some weave their trucks with up to 80,000 pounds of freight and machinery while trying to talk on the phone or play on a laptop or even text someone. I refuse to text while driving, that is something that would definitely take my attention off the road and my eyes.

And let's try to remember that we all have to drive on these roads together. What ever happened to common decency and driver courtesy? I remember when I first started driving a semi, truckers were courteous and more than willing to help each other out. That was only 15 years ago. Now all I see are those who are out for themselves and to hell with the other guy! It's almost a "your first, after me" attitude.

Someone is coming down an on ramp to yield into traffic, if the way is clear, I will move over to let them in. Then I have noticed that most drivers coming down the on ramp don't even look to see if the way is clear! There are those times, in heavy traffic mostly, that the way is not clear for me to move over, these people just barrel down the on ramp like the world should stop for them to get on. They don't speed up or slow down and I have even had them try to run me off the road to get in. (remember, I drive the big truck, they have a car...not a good idea)

I have seen truckers put on their signal and move over without even looking making a car swerve out of their way. And the truckers wonder why people are leery of them when passing.

If anyone understands frustration on the road, it is I because I have been in Chicago traffic on a Friday afternoon, or New York City right before rush hour. I try to keep calm and listen to my radio and I don't do anything but watch out for everyone else. You see, I look way up ahead and to the sides all the time because if anything happened, I need to be able to respond quickly due to the weight of my vehicle and I know how it responds to certain movements.

If you are out there, sharing the road with me, please remember to be courteous and remember, I have a family too and a life off the road. Don't text someone or use your laptop or forget that others are sharing the road with you. Thank you.

Reconnecting

There is something to be said for knowing who you are as oppossed to knowing what you do, who you know and what you show to the world. I have had some interesting experiences in my life, but none would surrpass this past Friday.

But before I can tell you about what took place, first I must give you some background. I have lived most of my life in the south, Alabama and Tennessee, until the past 8 years. I moved back to the state of my birth to help my paternal grandmother heal from a broken hip. Once she was ok, I then ventured into the Erie area to visit my sister and her other half only to see the most breathtaking view of Lake Erie during the spring. I took one look and had to live there by the water where I am now residing with my other half and a roomate as well as 3 cats and 1 bearded dragon. (Now you know part of the reason I drive truck during the week. lol)

I grew up in the heart of the Bible belt and spent a lot of time in Church and things associated with Church. So you could say I was well versed in "spriritual" matters with all the Bible lessons, services and other things I attended on a regular basis. Since then, I have come into my own so-to-speak by reading a lot, praying a lot and just meditating to find the truth. I know where I am going and where I've been. I know who hold the future and who holds my hand.

So you can understand when I finally acknowledged myself as a lesbian, it went against everything I was ever taught. But I found a truth that is my own as everyone must in his or her life. I am at peace with who I am and I couldn't have been blessed with a better spouse than the one in my life now! I also came to terms with the gift God has given me of intuition. I didn't want to believe it, but I know now that I can't deny what I have anymore than I can deny who I am.

Now mind you, my parents divorced on my 8th birthday. My Father was killed in an automobile accident when he was 39 years old, and just 10 months later, my mother died. I was 17 and 9 months pregnant with my first child when she passed away. One month later I had, which would have been, the first grandchild. She now has 2 children of her own and is doing great!

I have never seen or heard anything from their passing since then. People go to mediums and spiritulists to get answers, I never heard a word. Did I believe that our loved ones who have passed on comes back and pops in every now and again...not really. Due to my strict upbringing I couldn't believe that our loved ones came back and was told that they weren't our loved ones, but demons. I believe now, through research and my own private prayers, that it is possible and that people can have messages from our loved ones from beyond, because they come back to help us.

Now that you have some background, I can continue with my story।

My significant other, my roommate and I decided to go to Lily Dale, NY. (the best I can do is give this website to describe it: www.lilydaleassembly.com) I went with trepedation wondering what would happen and what I would find. I found a peace that I have never found anywhere else. I walked into their assembly hall and immediately felt a peace and God's presence. We listened to the speakers and I was totally at rest within. After the service, we went to another message service at another location on the grounds. I was praying all the while that my roommate would get a message that would help her with her decisions and help give her some understanding of what she was going through. I really wasn't thinking too much of myself at that point because I figured if my loved ones wanted to tell me something, they would. (especially if you ever knew my loved ones!) So at the second message service, my other half got a message from her grandmother and it was very positive. Then we went to another message service and my roommate got 2 messages from 2 different speakers while my other half received yet another message. I did not receive any message however and was ok with that. What I had received is acceptance within myself of my gifts and of who I am. At the second message service, my other half met up with someone who used to counsel at her high school in Hopewell, PA and found that she was a medium and lived on the grounds. She was very surprised to see her and was grateful that she had the opportunity to visit with her. We then went to a healing service which helped me to focus and meditate on positive energy and God, which is one in the same.
So you see it was a very delightful day and we all came away with a renewed sense of peace and encouragement.

Now here is where it get's more interesting. After we left, we went to Bob Evans to get some dinner. We went in, got a table and I was on the phone with my daughter finalizing some plans for later that night. I then returned a friend's call and was off the phone talking with my friends when a lady from the table accross the isle came over and said, "excuse me, I am sorry, I never do this, but there has been a gentleman with you ever since you came in." She was talking directly to me! Later my other half told me she noticed her and her husband watching me from the time we came in until she said something to me. I looked at her and told her to go on. She then asked if there was a man with glasses who was close to me like a brother, I said yes. She then told me the message he was giving her for me, that he wanted to give me a smiley face and that he was very happy with me and the things I was doing in my life. She also said he wanted me to not be afraid to open up and to "smell the roses". I told her I knew what she was meaning. She then told me he wants me to explore what I have learned and my gifts. I thanked her and again she apologized and I ensured her it was ok when she told us that they lived at Lily Dale. I then looked at my friends and they were diligently eating their dinners. Then my Girlfriend said, "only you, and only in a Bob Evans!" We all laughed. I then turned around to eat, and got the overwhelming message to validate her since she stepped out on faith! So I got her attention and told her my brother was alive still, however, my father had passed away when he was only 39 and that made a lot more sense to her and she thanked me. Then when they got ready to leave, the husband put his hand on my shoulder as he was leaving, he said that the man wanted me to know that a very important job opportunity would open up within the next 6 months from somewhere I would never expect it. I thanked them and asked God to bless them. I am certain it was my dear ole dad.

So you see, I learned a lot that day. 1. To trust from within., 2. To dare to believe in what is seen and what is not seen., 3. To never give up my faith., 4. I am never alone., 5. The most important of all is that I learned to believe in me. Funny how things have a way of finding you in the most unusual places, like a Bob Evans.

Ex's & Fishes

Either you remain friends with them, or you hate them. OK, maybe not hate, but loathing definitely comes to mind.

Through life we all have those we have fallen madly in love with or those we have settled for but sooner or later, we all have an ex or two or three depending on the individual lifestyle.

My first ex-husband was very abusive and I was a very naive girl when we married. I had just lost my father and was lost myself when everyone thought the bright idea would be to go with him because he could "take care" of me. Oh he took care of me all right. Two years and two children later, I found myself divorced with two small children under the age of two and only 19 myself. Not to mention the traumatic scars he left behind on me emotionally. I was 1500 miles away from any family and the only choice I had was to stand or fall. I stood. He definitely became a man I "loathed".

My second ex-husband was a very kind man and very big hearted. We had met online and became fast friends. I was still struggling with the whole "gay" issue and trying to be the good "christian" woman so when he asked me to marry him, I said yes thinking I would put an end to the struggle once and for all. Of course we all know that wouldn't happen because inside I was miserable. It took he and I about a year to figure out that we weren't as compatible as we thought. He went back out on the road and moved back to the south. He and I are still friends.

If you are intimate with someone, the emotions are so up front that it can be almost mind boggling. Some people can cut off the emotion and just enjoy the sex while others have to be all emotional and then try to connect the sex to the emotions. That would mean that if there is sex, there is emotion and therefore the two cannot survive without each other.

When there is intimacy between two people who have known one another a long time, then there is understanding and communication. Of course there is also emotion because there was an actual intellectual attraction in the first place for them to become friends.

So if there is an intellectual and a physical attraction, intimacy become natural and mutual respect and understanding is there as well. The hard part of all this is when an intimacy is born out of a physical attraction only. The intellectual did not exist. Then you find yourself not strong enough to pull away and base your decisions on emotion instead of logic.

Those, including myself, that have been caught up in the moment so to speak, find that they are just that, caught. It is like watching a fish that has just been caught flopping around on the ground usually causing more injury to themselves than the one that caught them. If the fish succeeds and finds itself back in the water, (maybe the line broke, maybe it was severed and maybe they were able to flop around enough to make it to the edge of the boat and jump), either way, they are still injured and have to take the time to heal. For some, healing is long because the scars are so deep. For others, they heal quickly and are able to be lured again. Still, there are those who after being "caught" again and again never learn from the mistakes they made the first few times. I find myself among those who have been "caught" a few times not learning because of ignorance or stubbornness.It takes that that one time being caught that something snaps and the realization of it all comes flooding in.

I have learned now from my mistakes and although I can be lured, the decision to strike and take that bite is mine and mine alone. Caution is no more thrown to the wind in hopes of "finding that one true love".

Love is something that takes time, respect, consideration and ultimately becomes a choice that we make.

So you see, exes are a good thing because they have taught us how to look inside ourselves and realize the strength we had all along.

I know this because I have found my "one true love". We have the best of all three, emotional, intellectual and physical attraction in our relationship. I have never found that with anyone in my past relationships and I am truly grateful that the Universe gave me my perfect love. We have been together 2.5 years and still going strong!