Discovering Our Love

Dearest Stranger,

I've known him my entire life. Ever since the day we were forced to take a time out together in kindergarten. We were napping buddies, dreaming side by side. Then we were best friends. We were each other's first kiss, under the bleachers at a football game in junior high. We went to senior prom together. We shared an apartment all 4 years of college.

Last month, I got engaged. He leaves next week for a year-long sabbatical that will take him all across the world.

Last night he told me the truth. For every plane, boat, and train, he'd bought 2 tickets. He wanted me to come with him. And I want to. It's always been my dream to see the world. He told me the story of how he fell in love with me, and I told him the story of how I've loved him all along.

So I broke off my engagement this morning and began packing. We leave in 5 days. We'll be visiting 17 countries. We'll be helping the poor, hitting the monuments all across the globe, and discovering our love.

You are the first, stranger, to hear about this. My own family and friends don't know yet. You're just so easy to talk to. Thank you, stranger, for listening.

Just Another Stranger