These are from Sixty Short Love Stories

 

Today, four years after I lost my hearing after making a full recovery from Meningitis, my boyfriend of seven years asked me the four-word question every girl wants to hear. But I never imagined how perfect it would look as it did when he signed it to me.

 

Today, it's been over ten years since I was a bag boy at a local grocery store. On Sunday mornings I held the front door open for our customers and greeted them. One particular older woman loved me for it. She actually told me on several occasions that one day I would make a lovely husband. This afternoon, I walked into that grocery store holding my wife's hand and the same old woman was on her way out. She held the door for us, winked and said, "I told you so."

 

Today, it's been 28 years since a firefighter saved my life when he rescued me from a burning condo building. In the process he suffered a leg injury that doctors said would leave him unable to walk normally for life. This evening, he put down his cane and slowly walked our daughter down the aisle. My husband of 27 years.

 

Today was my little sister's 14th birthday. She has Down Syndrome and doesn't have many friends. My boyfriend picked me up for dinner with flowers, but said they weren't for me. He came inside and handed them to my sister. She was so excited. He then took us both out to dinner to celebrate. 

 

Today, I waited at my boyfriend's house for half an hour before going home. As I angrily walked inside, I heard laughter. My clinically depressed brother, who hasn't cracked a smile in two months, was grinning as he watched a video on YouTube. Sitting next to him was my boyfriend holding the laptop. We had a miscommunication about where to meet, but when he saw my brother sitting alone he decided to stay and keep him company.

 

Today my Ex husband asked me to marry him, I said yes. We were married when I was 19, divorced later on and then our lives somehow led our hearts back together. We are going to be married in 2 weeks, on what could have been our 16th wedding anniversary. Our children cried with joy when we told them today.

 

Today, my dad handed me a bottle of Windex and a roll of paper towel as we got in the car. He turned to me and said, "I just talked to your mom while she was on her lunch break. She mentioned her windshield got covered in bugs on the drive to work. Since we're going to drive right by her work anyway, I figured we'd clean them off for her. It's the little things, kiddo, which keep love going."

 

Today, it's been a couple weeks since I got unexpectedly laid off two days before Christmas. Unemployment only pays me about 20% of what I've been making for the last five years. I had to move from a 1,500 square foot apartment into a 400 square foot studio to make ends meet. I've been really stressed out for many reasons, but mainly because my fiancé comes from a pretty wealthy family. I sometimes worry I don't financially live up to her expectations. Tonight, she came to see me when she got off work. We were sitting on the couch and I asked her if she was comfortable. She immediately snuggled her head into my chest and said, "This, right here, always feels like home." 

 

 

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