The short story that I liked the most was How I Met My Husband, BY Alice Monroe. And its not because I am a hopeless romantic because Im not. I think love is ridiculous and cruel, but at the same time the possibilities are endless and when worked at a pretty little tulip can evolve. :)
What i liked the most about this story was the experiences that Edie had and the way she grew from it. Loving someone or something is never pointless even when it fails, you take something from every experience you encounter and you grow. Some people continue to make the same mistakes, and only because they forget in the pain to look for the whats, the whys and the "ok im going to move ons". But eventually as we get older and time takes what is rightfully its own we look back a understand why our hearts are the way they are.
As a young mother, love has tricked me :) and thats ok, Because it took me a few times, I literally have grown and evolved to a person I can say I know. I can say I understand myself and I know whats best for me. Edie had this happen to her, and far quicker (good for her).
Edie thought she loved Chris Watters and she probably did, in her 15 year old heart, he made her feel special, that maybe she could belong with him, and she was going to wait. Not only did she wait, she had so much hope and she was happy. She was experiencing a part of life that is imperative to self discovery. Chris Watters let her down, and eventually she knew and accepted that.
What was so good to read was the moment she realized she was better then waiting, that she was stronger then that, that she was gonna live and then love. No more waiting, the moment she did make the realization there he was, the man she was going to marry. She just didn't know it yet. Her eyes were so fixed on this letter that was never going to come that she didn't see that her heart belong to the one who never failed to bring it. Each day she smiled at that mail carrier even though to her he was bringing disappointment. With her eyes wide and ready for the world she realized he was bringing her love and a happy life.
I was thrilled with this because not only did she find self discovery, her ability to understand love and life grew beyond its limits and she discovered what love really is about. Chris watters was something she had to experience to grow, to learn. So it was not in vain that she experiences all those emotions, it was all a part of this circle of life. I know it sounds lame but it is true. As we live, we love, we lose and we love again and then someday as our days end we look back and we remember all the love, and thats really all that matters.
Submitted by Monica Baker
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