Lilac – First Emotions of Love

The Lilac – First emotions of love.. I BELIEVE
Two years ago this photo was taken. As you can see from the blooms its a purple lilac. April 2006 was the very first time since it was planted that it bloomed. To be honest at the time it was planted I had no idea of what type of bush it even was.

To My Valentine

As special as this day of Love is my Beautiful Brit, no holiday will come close to the happiness we have found in each other on these dates. From the 5th of April in 2006 to this very day each has been a celebration of love beyond compare and I thank God and our angels for you my darling. Your name was written in my heart a long time before April 2006 my love, it was written the day I was born! We have always been together, destined from time beginning, always loved each other and we will always will. Happy Valentine’s Day my Beautiful Bride, I love you! XXXX
Chester XXXXX

Just for those curious, the dates are as follows:

April 5, 2006  the day we first met online via Mingle

May 19, 2006   the day we said I love you (yes we were very quick to know it! ) 

March 23, 2007  the day (and night) I asked her to marry me..by text!! a nice story there 

May 11, 2007  our first time face to face when Alison came to the US to visit

May 25, 2007  the official day I prorposed and she accepted the ring! and a sub too  lol

October 9, 2007  the day I landed in Cyprus to visit her

the first of Forever will be sometime this year, one way or another we will be together at last! 

Still here! :)

Well looking at the dates of the last posts one would think we had forgot about the site! Well we are still here and doing better than ever! We do seem to spend much more time now, since this last holiday together especially, trying every chance we can to get together for a chat, or to speak on Skype, and then there is still the mails we write each day. Oh the mails we have written!! It amazes me sometimes just to realize that every single day since April 5 of 2006 we have had at least one mail every day, and many times as much as a dozen a day! They say its hard work to maintain a long distance realtionship… well maybe… yes it is hard to be that far a apart, but never once have I thought of it as work! I hate work, ask my employer! lol But seriously it has been nothing but love and desire to be ever closer to my soulmate that I have opened every new mail with a smile on my face and in my heart just to tell her I love her. And its even harder now to spend one more day aprt now that we have shared our times together and seen face to face that we are meant for each other just as we knew. That was proably one of the hardest saddest days of my life to get back on that plane in Cyrpus to come back the US, and you know we have both seen some bad days. But still our love endures and it always will! Oh I’m getting a bit sugary here arent I?! lol well you should read our chats then if you think thats sugary! OH maybe not! lol

WellI admit I am totally lost (and found) in love with this Beautiful Brit, and strange as it may sound to some, I alwasy have been. From the very first time we spoke I felt I had known her all my life and she will say the same. You all know our stories, and I will always believe it was a match made in heaven by God and our angels. Some things just dont happen, I dont care what anyone says. The things we have seen and felt.. incredible… I cant reason it, or begin to explain it, but know this, God has a plan for us all! Even if we don’t believe it ourselves. Take it for what it’s worth.

I have to laugh sometimes when I think back to the early days after we met and how some people seemed to act so surprised that we met online, and some were even shocked! Well in truth there were more positve response than any negative ones. But it surprised me when people would ask one of us , how do you know they are who they say they are? Ok I can understand it to a degree as there are so many stories you hear of weirdos and worse online, but think about it… Even in a face to face meeting, how can you be sure the other is who they say they are either? you can’t! And God knows all you have to do is turn on the TV and see the crazy folks in the world who are described by friends and family as alwasy seeming nice and being known by them all their life, and then turning out they go on a shooting spree or some other mad horrible thing. You can still get the sense and feel of a person just as much from writing them as you can from meeting them. Maybe even more so as you are focused on their words more and listen to each other.. and it doesnt take long to see who is truthful and who isnt, Well I dont know the point I am getting to, just some things I wanted to say. Well everyone who knows me has seen the happiness in me now and the love too. And they are ALL happy fo me, for us! Most of all I am happy for us! ecstatically happy!! And looking forward to a future I know is going to be even more incrdeible that anything I could ever imagine. Oh that picture above is from a photo of us here in May that I worked on and tried to create a painting from. It is one of my favourite pictures. I look at it and it just seems to exude love and passion and a love beyond measure in that embrace and kiss. My every waking moment is spent in that sort of dreamy feel of a happiness beyond compare too. Well we all have days that things dont go right, or something happens, but you know what? Nothing can take the smile from my heart that Alison Michelle has put there, it gets me through everything! Love is all you need.. every thing else is just… fluff! I love you baby xxxx I do!

Day 2 in Cyprus

A Trip to the Mountains

On the second day, Thursday October 11th, we decided to have a change of scenery and headed off to the Troodos mountains to walk through and tour a couple of the villages, Lania and Omodos. It turned out to be another hot day so it was good we decided to head to the mountains as it would hopefully be a bit cooler, turns out it wasn’t so much cooler at all! But still better than it would have been going somewhere near the sea. Its only a 20 minute drive or so from Limassol but it’s like entering a completely different place and time to see these villages which mostly retain the old way of life.

Photos for this post are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/garazon/Day2Cyprus

Before I go on about the villages I want to relate another story. We needed gas/petrol before we went out too far today and made a pit stop just before leaving Limassol. Well we pulled into one of the stations , can’t remember the name of it right off, well anyway I noticed a couple of employees near the pumps as we pulled in. I didn’t think much of it, one was sitting down in a small chair and I just assumed she was taking a break and I thought the other was just there to collect the money. Well Alison mentioned upon pulling in to see about getting someone to check the water as she had just had a new radiator put in the car and wanted to make sure things were ok before we headed up, and asked me to see is there was 50¢ CYP laying about to tip the guy. Well being from the states I was used to nothing but self service stations and was wondering what the tip was for. Ok we do have a couple of places that come pump the gas for you and collect the money, but that’s all they do. well the guy puts the gas in and heads back to the pump and then I found myself dumbfounded as the guy turns and comes back with a bucket and a squeegee! He then proceeds to clean not only the windshield, but the door windows and back window as well! I was in shock almost! I haven’t seen that kind of service since the late 60’s here in the states! Well he didn’t stop there, Alison popped the hood and the guy checks the oil and topped of the coolant tank as well! WOW! It was one of those twilight zone moments almost! well it made me smile too to see that there are still places that do this sort of thing in the world, I was loving Cyprus even more then.

Well with the car filled up we set out on our way. Our first destination was a smaller village that Alison said was one of the more picturesque, Lania.
She was right as usual
(description from website ) LANIA
Lania is a small, beautiful village, built at the foot of Mount Troodos on the main Limassol to Troodos road, about 26 Kms from Limassol. Lania is one of the main wine producing villages.
According to tradition, Lania got its name from Lania, daughter of the Greek god of wine and pleasure: Dionysos. This indicates the deep roots of the village in the field of vine-growing and wine-making. The village is well known for the high quality of its grapes and wines.
At the time Erricos was King of France, the country’s vineyards from which champagne was produced were destroyed by disease. The King went in search of healthy plants, which he found in Lania. The plants were loaded on a ship, transported to France and used to replant the Champagne vineyards. It is believed that during his stay in Cyprus, Erricos used to spend time at the Royal Oak of Lania, an 800 year old oak tree which sadly collapsed in 1997. In the same area, only a few metres from the Royal Oak, there is another oak tree, even bigger and well worth a visit.
The inhabitants of the village are occupied with vine-growing and the production of wine-related products including Zivania, Commandaria and Sousouko. Amongst the flower-lined streets and traditional architecture lies the village church, dedicated to St Mary. The Icon of St Mary of Valana, one of the oldest paintings in the world, is displayed in the church.
In Lania one can find an ancient and authentic Linos, a wine press, formerly used in the production of Commandaria. The entrance to the village is dominated by the old fountain from which villagers would get their drinking water and still today brings back memories of bygone times.

I totally fell in love with this village with it’s narrow stone streets and old stone houses, many of which have been restored and updated but kept their look and feel. And the amazing variety of floral plantings all along the streets and houses was beautiful. Somehow we missed the church, but did see the Linos. I guess because of the time of the year some of the places that usually are open, artists galleries and souvenir shops, even the Linos, were all closed. It was so quiet and peaceful and as we strolled the streets you could sense it. I could live in a place like this, long as they have Internet access!

Omodos was the next stop. (from the website) Omodhos is located in the district of Limassol and is one of the best wine producing villages in Cyprus. It is about 35 kilometres (26 miles) from Limassol, 80 km from Nicosia and 7 km from Platres. The first view you get when you arrive in Omodhos is of its enormous big square, surrounded by whitewashed stone house, mulberry trees, tavernas, coffeehouse and souvenir shops. The village consists of many narrow streets, white houses and a picturesque church. The villagers speak the original Cypriot language and are very devoted to the contact with each other and their religious believes. Without doubt, when visiting Omodhos, one will be astonished by the women, farmers and traders who still maintain the traditional way of working.
For centuries, the people of Omodhos have worshipped and established this richness with care and devotion, which explains their, and my, proud. The inhabitants of the village Omodhos form a close community, who sometimes tend to exaggerate in their proud for their village. (Of course, we are just as common as any other villager in Cyprus, but we like to think of ourselves as the best people of the island. The village has a rich cultural heritage and is especially famous for its agricultural and natural resources, for example the many vineyards that can be found in and around the village.

A more detailed site for Omodos can be found here, giving the history of the village, the church, the wines and more. Including some links to photos of the inside the church. We weren’t allowed to photograph inside ourselves.

Omodos was much larger than Lania and of course had all the little tourist shops open as well as a few restaurants and taverns. We parked near the large village square and went there first. The entire square is paved, if that is the word to use, with stones and rocks mostly set on edge rather than flat, and you need some good shoes to walk on it very long! The walk down the square leads to the Monastery of the Holy Cross, a really lovely setting with the church in the center and the surrounding structure housing some artifacts and restored rooms now, as well as a museum for the National Struggle and a folk art museum as well is housed in one of the areas. We spent a good while in this area taking a few photos, outside of the church itself.
Being about lunchtime we decided to grab something to eat and drink and have
a sit down for a bit. Even up in the mountains it was still warm this day. We decided on a spot just across from the entrance to the square at a grill/restaurant/tavern. Like most place here the seating is outside as well as inside and we opted for a table out in the breeze under the umbrella. It also gave us a good view of all the activities. I had my first taste of Calamari here and actually liked it!. Well actually Alison ordered that, and me being the adventurous American tourist ordered a … cheeseburger! LOL Well it wasn’t the best tasting thing in the world mind you, probably some frozen beef patty, maybe containing beef somewhere in it, and some kind of very bland cheese. Cypriots do some really wonderful and great tasting Greek and Cypriot dishes, but they suck at American ones! LOL Well nevermind I ate it and it was filling. I tried the local Keo beer too, but wasn’t so fond of that either. Well what else goes with a burger… oh yes.. Pepsi please! lol Anyway we had a nice time sitting and talking and yes smooching too! Right across the street there is part of a winery and all the time we were there the local farmers were transporting their grapes to sell. A steady stream of pickup trucks hauling crates of grapes and waiting in line to unload them. Quite interesting to see this side of things, instead of just seeing the bottles in the stores! We sat a right good while and then strolled around a bit more. We had been walking around 2 days now in the heat, between that and me trying to adjust to the time we were both ready to call it a day!
The villages were lovely to see and I liked Lania the best, just smaller and quieter and less touristy than Omodos., but both gorgeous villages and I loved it. Loved the guide more though Thanks my love for everything! XXX

In the evening I rode with Alison and JM to take him to the base at Akrotiri where he is in the Air Training Corps as a cadet. He wants to be a pilot and this program at the camp has given him a lot of good expereince and this summer he had his first solo flight! Amazing, he’s only 17 and already took off and landed a plane himself and I have just for the first time set foot on one!
So while he was doing his thinkg alison took me around to see some of the places she hangs out while she waits for him to get done with cadets. Most of the time she goes and caht with some friends at a little bar called Mom’s. Just a small place but a very nice relaxed feeling when you walk in. I got to meet Julie, a friend of Alison’s who has a son also in the cadets that she met and passes the time with. We sat there a short while and chatted, but had to leave before too long as we were supposed to go and meet Dee and Philip who live in Kolossi and then go back and pick JM up. Julie was nice enough to offer pick him up and to drop him off on the way so that we might have a longer visit with Dee. Dee works with Alison at 3D and is a lovely and very funny person. They have a gorgeous home and we sat and had a glass of wine or two and talked and the time passed so quickly. There are so many people I have come to know through Alison that she always see and tells me about I really would have liked to have met them all and spent more time with them, but we just couldnt manage to fit it all in with the short time we had. Everyone made me feel so at ease and in a way I felt I had already met them and they said the same about me! Well we had to meet up with Julie to get Jm and then headed home. We hadn’t eaten yet so aliosn stopped at a take away place and I had my first taste of sheftalia, a Cyrpriot style grilled sausage of sorts . Oh I loved this! it was in a pita bread with tomatoes and cucumbers.. wonderful taste, and I have been craving it ever since I got back to the states!

Another wonderful day that passed much too fast, but memories that will last me a lifetime. I love Cyprus, and especially one Cyprus angel!

Cyprus Trip!

Update 5
Thursday- WOW my last night in Cyprus and I finally found a Miller beer!! Would have preferred a Miller Lite but hey I’m over the moon with the regular! I’ve tried the local Keo beer and its ok, the next biggest one here is Carlsburg which I really dont care for either, but I’m not a big beer drinker anyway. Anyway I’m glad to have run across the Miller at the nearby Carrefour store. Its really an eyeopener going to shop in a country foreign to me. I’ll speak more of all the experiences later.

I’ve had a fabulous time the last 4 days. We went on Monday to Paphos and I have tons of pics on my camera from the archealogical sites we went, and some breathtaking views of the sea and mountains. I’m having trouble getting them from the card to Alison’s pc so I’ll have to wait until i get back to the US to put them online.

We’re going out to eat tonight for my last time here in Cyprus. I really am going to hate to get on that plane in the morning. I would have never thought in a million years I would have ever been anywhere out of the country, but God works in wonderful ways and I’m so happy now to be here and to be in love. Will try to update once more before I leave, but if not I’ll see you all when I get back tomorrow night. hope Jan remembers to pick me up! LOL

Update 4 Sat and Sun Saturday went to Governors Beach in Limassol and had a very relaxing afternoon. I couldn’t believe how clear the water was. Standing with the sea up to my neck I could see my feet! You cant even manage seeing a couple of inches in the water there at home in NC! The water temps were lovely too, It was a wonderful afternoon doing nothing!
In the evening we wnet out to eat at the Pizza Express which from the sound of it is nothing like you would see in the US. Quite a fancy menu and live entertainment on the weekends. Still havent found a Miller Lite anywhere yet though!

Sunday we rode to Vouni Village and had lunch at one of the local tavernas, Taxis, with George and Agneta… it was very nice and quite a relaxed and cozy atmosphere. Of course the wine here is making everywhere relaxed! Afterwards it was back to Agneta’s for a coffee and another wine and to meet up with more friends of Alison, Allyson and Marios, and Thereza and Andros. Of course they were all seemingly so familiar already as I ahve seen their photos so many times since meeting Alison and hearing of all the get togethers, I felt very comfortable every minute as if I had been here before.

Heading off for a couple of day now, Monday and Tuesday, to go to Paphos for another holiday within a holiday! Thanks to Alison’s mam and dad!!

Update 3 Friday
Another wonderful day, we stayed near home today to just rest up and relax. Finally now getting adjusted to the time, ran out to a few shops off and on. Had a lovely dinner, the food here is wonderful. I’ve even tried Kalimari now! hey I liked it! Spent a nice evening in the garden and meeting Frosso was winderful. Having a bit of trouble these last two days with the internet being slow so I havent got all the pics uploaded. Tomorrow is going to be another rest day, a trip to the beach and sit in the sun and a dip in the sea.

Update 2 Thursday Had a wonderful day doing the tourist thing, started with a visit to Curium and then the Kolosi and Limassol Castles the photos are here http://picasaweb.google.com/garazon/Day1Cyprus

Got a real education on cypriot traffic and driving too! LOL It’s crazy!!!

Ended the evening with a brandy and coke and JM’s wonderful chicken kabobs on the grill!
off today to a mountain village, will post later

UPDATE!!!

I’m in Cyprus!!! YEA!!! I love flying! Oh it is one long trip and very tiring but worth every minute! I crashed right out after we got back from the airport but agood nights sleep has me feeling good and we will be off to explore after coffee and breakfast!

Almost out the door now to the airport!

Doing some last minute things now, just some odds and ends and waiting impatiently for the time to pass! I’m so excited now I can’t stand it! I’m going to post the pics as often as I can to share with everyone and use this site to keep in touch, so drop in from time to time and check back for anything new and just to say hi. I dont know that I’ll take too much time to post much other than the pics for now, but if anything comes up we’ll put it here. See you guys when I’m in Cyprus! Maybe Alison can add some updates until then

love and best wishes to all,
Chester & Alison

Travel Itinerary
all times are local to the cities of arrival and departure

Flight 1: Northwest Airlines flight 1447 (Non-Stop)
Depart: Norfolk , VA (ORF) – Terminal Information Unavailable
‘ Mon, Oct 08 at 4:15pm
Arrive: Detroit , MI (DTW) – E.M. MCNAMARA TERMINAL
‘ Mon, Oct 08 at 6:12pm

Flight 2: Northwest Airlines flight 32 (Non-Stop)
Depart: Detroit , MI (DTW) – E.M. MCNAMARA TERMINAL
‘ Mon, Oct 08 at 9:25pm
Arrive: London Gatwick , UK (LGW) – SOUTH TERMINAL
‘ Tue, Oct 09 at 10:05am

Flight 3: British Airways flight 6844 operated by GB AIRWAYS LTD (Non-Stop)
Depart: London Gatwick , UK (LGW) – NORTH TERMINAL
‘ Tue, Oct 09 at 1:15pm
Arrive: Paphos , Cyprus (PFO) – Terminal Information Unavailable
‘ Tue, Oct 09 at 7:40pm
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Flight: KLM Airlines flight 3398 operated by CYPRUS AIRWAYS LTD
(Non-Stop)
Depart: Paphos , Cyprus (PFO) – Terminal Information Unavailable
‘ Fri, Oct 19 at 10:20am
Arrive: Amsterdam , Netherlands (AMS) – Terminal Information Unavailable
‘ Fri, Oct 19 at 1:40pm

Flight: Northwest Airlines flight 55 (Non-Stop)
Depart: Amsterdam , Netherlands (AMS) – Terminal Information Unavailable
‘ Fri, Oct 19 at 3:35pm
Arrive: Minneapolis/St Paul, MN (MSP) – LINDBERGH TERMINAL
‘ Fri, Oct 19 at 5:40pm

Flight: Northwest Airlines flight 2808 operated by NORTHWEST AIRLINK
(Non-Stop)
Depart: Minneapolis/St Paul, MN (MSP) – LINDBERGH TERMINAL
‘ Fri, Oct 19 at 7:08pm
Arrive: Norfolk , VA (ORF) – Terminal Information Unavailable
‘ Fri, Oct 19 at 10:58pm

Thank You – Led Zepplin

A fantastic song set to the LOTR story of Aragon & Arwen. And would be remiss in not thanking God for sending me an Angel that fulfills the emaning of the song to me personally! I love you Alison

Happy 4th

Happy 4th of July!
Well of course I am happy to celebrate the anniversary of our country’s independence, but tonight I am also celebrating my own personal dependence on the British.. well on just One particular Brit.

I love you Alison Michelle! And I miss you like crazy!

Thank God for America and thank God for England! And Cyprus too!

My first trip overseas!

Mark this day down people!!! This is the first time in my 50 odd years of being on this planet that I have bought a plane ticket! )  lol Yes it's true! Not once has this man ever been on a plane! Heck I have hardly been out of North Carolina!! So being the brave soul I am, actually the lovestruck soul is more like it, my first trip ever on a plane is going to be to Cyrpus! Oh I must be in love to tackle this! lol Well of course I am in love! What else would make this simple man go and get a passport, and

Engagement Cards

Thank you all who have sent such beautiful cards of congratulations for our engagement!
It really is so special to receive these wishes of happiness. Although we are separated by an ocean we are able to both enjoy them by this wonderful medium of the world wide web. So since we have them online for Alison and I to share, we thought we would share them with all of you as well! They are in our gallery here. http://picasaweb.google.com/alison.markides/Engagement_cards Thank you all so very much for your love and support. It does make us so happy to get so many nice mails and cards and thee comments to our posts. It may have been strange to some at first that we should have found each other online, but I think now everyone can see that it doesnt matter how we met, just that we did meet, and the love we share can only be heavensent! Thank God for email and the internet! And tahnk God for friends and family!
love to all, xxx
Alison & Chester

Our Story – Part 1

Our story is one of dreams lost and dreams found. For those not completely familiar with how, when, where and maybe the whys, I thought it might be nice to share a brief.. well maybe not so brief, story of our love and how it came to be. Although to be honest I feel it was meant to be all along that Alison and I were destined to meet. but that’s for another post!

In one way our story really begins in August of 2004, when both of our lives were changed in an instant. On literally opposite sides of the world, we both suffered at nearly the same point in time the loss of our spouse. It cant be put into words or expressed how devastating and horrible that moment was when in one instant your spouse of 20+ years is gone. Only those who have sadly experienced it can even begin to understand. But with the loss comes such an overwhelming darkness that you think your life is over as well, and in a way you do die also. You have spent those years raising a family, planning for a future, seeing yourself grow old with the one you love. With their death those dreams are gone overnight, you feel you don’t belong in the world anymore, you don’t know who you are, you feel your life is over too. Well grief is a terrible thing. It takes a hold of you and drives you to the brink of despair if you let it. And if you let it grow, you will die. Oh I don’t want this post to become something sad and depressing, but it has to be said in order to realize how amazing it is for two people who have been through that hell, to find they can love again! There’s no need to go into detail of the trials we both went through, but it’s enough to say that it took a couple of years to come to the point where we we began to seriously have an interest in loving again.

Well I think we both were quite nervous to join these online dating sites at first, well I was never really comfortable on them at all to tell you the truth, there are some strange folks online! funny me saying that now considering that is where I met my beautiful Brit! Well anyway it was a way to test the waters , so to speak, and to just get used to the idea that I was “single”

I talked to a few people, but you know in the end I was realizing I was just looking for someone to talk to and find someone who knew what it was like to lose a spouse and to share some insight on that.. and yet deep down I was wanting to love again and feel loved too. Oh you never think it could happen again. and I was actually about to give up on the idea of the online sites. I cancelled my memberships actually to the sites. well when I cancelled the last one, a screen popped up asking me to reconsider and if the one I was using wasn’t to my liking perhaps I would find one of these more suited… well it must be a lot of them are all owned by the same company as there were all sorts of specialized sites, different locations, different cultures and religions.. etc.. well somehow as I was about to close that page too something caught my eye, well honestly it was more like something caught my hand and made me click on a little link called Christian Mingle. There was a feeling I had too, like I was supposed to be there! I have to add that I have a very firm Faith and believe without a doubt that I was led here, that we both were by the Holy Spirit. God does hear our prayers! He answered both of ours! Oh this is going to be a long story I think! Well I guess it was about a week I was on the site and I had actually met some really nice people, a few widows too that I spoke with several times through the site mail and we shared our stories and experiences, but there was never really any romantic inclination to any of them, more a feeling of kindred spirits or something. And I was about comfortable with just having a friendship or two and get on with life. I remember searching the site for widows specifically once, well there weren’t too may of them, especially anywhere near, in fact none of them were near at all, and I remember this one in particular was really nice looking, so I clicked her profile.. well I started reading and she sounded very genuine and I remember thinking I wish she was nearer, then I saw her age was a few years younger than me and I somehow thought she would think I was some just some old guy trying to chat her up or something.. well the site we were on you could send a smile or even write a mail, but I didn’t think she would be interested, because of the age and the distance.. And on that site it should be said too that you can see who has looked at your profile.. Well I cant remember now if it was the next day or the day after I got a mail from her saying she was a widow and was interested in talking about our experiences with losing a spouse as our situations with length of marriage and such were very similar. Well to this day I remember so clear the question she asked in that first mail, “would you like to write sometime?” Oh you know the moment I opened her mail I felt as though I had known her all my life! There was what I call a silent “thunder” that hit me deep in my soul that day and I knew right that moment this was going to be one special friendship! Well actually I felt something more than friendship right then, but I was scared I think to admit what it really was! But my heart knew it and we started writing that very day, and haven’t missed a day since April 5, 2006! some days as many as a dozen or more! …

I will have to continue the story as it’s turning out to be rather lengthy.. well stay tuned!

Oh , I happened across this I wrote almost a year ago on another website, just a couple of months after we first “met”

I believe strongly in angels, not only those we think of as having passed on and watching over us, but those people who bring us light, love and happiness where once darkness and sadness reigned. In my case, the angel’s name is Alison Michelle.. She lives in Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean, which is appropriately enough the legendary home of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love! Yes, across the Atlantic,far away in distance but near in my heart now, and always.. I’ve felt it from the first email, and I’ve come to know it more each day.. Alison Michelle is the One! Heaven sent, she has given me life where I thought mine was over, love where I thought all was lost, and longing I thought I would never feel again… I am hers completely, and how wonderful and amazing it feels to say “I love you” again in this life.. I have been blessed twice in this life with a beautiful woman whose love touches the depths of my soul.. I can only thank God, for this was truly a match made in heaven, with helping hands I think from those looking after us Perhaps I shouldn’t say too much more, as this is a public site,and I don’t know how she would feel seeing such things available for all the world to see.. but to all my friends, know I am a very happy man in love now.. G
Posted by garazon on July 7, 2006 07:34 PM ….

check back for more of Our Story soon!
Thanks for reading!