It was late and the fire was startingto burn low. Pierre sat next to the hearth the same as he had every night for the past two years. As always there was a glass for Tanat in his hand. Looking into his glass lifting his eyes he looked at the children next to the hearth staying warm for the night. With a smile and a twinkle in his eyes he turned and said to the children "live life that is what you need to do. See it to it's fullest. Make of it what you will. thats what I will do everyday of my, it'swhat i will do to the end of my days"
Nico as alway sat at his father side being a great grandfather himself theses days. "listen to what JP has to say. He has lived longer then most men these days. He knows what he is talking about."
Now as always when Jp had a glas of Tanat and a warm fire to sit next to a good story was in the telling. JP was know for his wisdom living as long as he had. 'Pepe" the yongest one would say "'Pepe tell us your story. Tell us of what make life what make you smile as you do."
"Jaritza, all you have to do is look to my side. Life is never what you expect. Walking through a door you could face your future and never know it. What you see can be the opisite of all that you know and see." said JP "So it is the story of a life worth living, a life well lived that you want young one."
"Oh please Pepe tell me your story" said Jaritza
"Now jaritza every thing is not as you would expect. It was a long time ago. Life was not what it is these days. It was around the turn that life started once again for me. Not in the way that one would think. I was happy I had love in my life a future worth looking forward to. or so it seemed happy as one hopes for in there youth. My life was off to a good start or so I thought."
"What do you mean Pepe?' asked jaritza as she climed up into JP's lap.
"Well, you see little one. It was a wonderful time of my life. I spent my time travelling. Helping kids learning to learn. i got to fly from one contry to another. Helping the children of each contry to live a better life. I help so that they could learn more about life. I so enjoyed that time of my life. But as in all things life changes."
Jaritza being the inquizitive one that she was always was always good for another question. "so what happened to make that change Pepe."
"well it was like this. All things change. even when we wish that they wouldn't. Times changed and what was.. was no more. The job i had was gone and I was left with a choice that would end up changing my life and take me in a new direction. I took a chance and left my familly leaving all that was home for me. I left the country of my birth as my parents had in hopes of being abot to provide for my familly. You know that familly is my life not only for my self but for those that I love."
As alway Jaritza "where did you go Pepe?"
I travelled north to were most of our familly had moved years before. It was there that my life would change in ways that I never thought that it would." At first it was dificult having to live with my parents and my brother once again. Days and weeks went by. I fould that making my wasy in this new place was just as dificult as living here. I no friends other then our familly. So in my free time i found my self e-mailing my friends and chatting on the web.
It was chatting on the web one day that I met Ralph. As the days went by and we chatted more and more we got know each other well. So, we dicided to meet for Coffee on day. We met as a local StarBucks. It was one of the many places that were popular at that time. After getting our coffee we went to sit out on the patio there as it was warm for a winter day. After finishing our coffee it had cooled off and we were still in the mode to chat a while longer. Plus he offer wine and you know how I enjoy a good glass of wine.
As we chatted I leared that Ralph still lived with with ex boyfriend. He had told me about there break up and that for the most part that they were on got along well and that he would be there most likely when we got to his home. We both drove over to his home to chat some more and enjoy a glass of Merlo.
I followed Ralph through the front door and we were both greated by his ex. dispite what I knew about him I was really sprised. We all headed into the kitchen and spent the evening drinking wine getting to know each other. It was a great eveing.
Ove the next couple of months the three of hung out together. We would go out for dinner and out on the town to go dancing. I became friends with not only Ralph but his ex as well.
Now durring this time Ralph's mother was having problems with her health and was in need of a kidney transplant. as it turned out Ralph and his sister were the only two in the familly that were able to donate one of there kidneys to there mother. Ralph made the choice for to give up one of his kidneys as the probllem with his mother tended to run on the female side of the familly. He didn't want his sister to give up one of hers as she might be in the same situation some day.
Well Ralph took a flight back east to his parents home to go through the surgery so his mom could have a good kidney. On the night of the sergery I went over to his house to wait with his ex Chris to find out how things went. Ralph called shortly after i had arived and let us know that the surgery was successful and that both he and his mother were doing well.
We both celebrated with a glass of wine and I had teh best tie chatting with Chris that i ever had. At one point I looked over at him and told him that I was funny that over the last hour af talking with him that I knew him better then I knew Ralph. He looked at me and started to laugh and then told me that he knew what Iwas talking about and that he had tried to get past that wall for over 10 years and was never able to. It was at this moment that the two of us looked in to each other eys seeing the stars there we both leaned towrd each other and kissed. Chris asked me if I was going to leave that night and I told him there was no way that I would.
From this day forward it is no longer mine but both our story. It has been an adventure ever since. LYTMD is our montra it means Love You Truly Madly Deeply. It is from a song from Savage Garden that Chris shared with me one day.
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