This chance encounter the night of my birthday is what lead me on a roller coaster ride over the next seven months from love, which can be the most beautiful thing life has to offer; to the excruciating pain caused by a broken heart. .
From the first time I laid eyes on Teresa the night of my birthday, I knew this was the woman I was destined to be with. As I sat there and listened to her soft-spoken words echo in the back of my mind, it felt as if I had been graced by the presence of an angel. Even though we had only known one another for a short amount of time the beauty she possessed both on the inside and outside was a sign of something magical to come. I thought to myself how strange life is, in that when you are not looking for love it seems to fall gently into your lap. I could not begin to fathom why this was happening to me, but knew in time the answers would come to me. .
Teresa and I had been dating for about two months before we were faced with saying goodbye, and she left Portland on what she had called her independence day. I guess I did not realize how much I would truly miss Teresa until she was no longer by my side. I also had been told you should never go chasing after a girl, but since I for so long now wanted to escape Portland, my heart told me is was the right thing to do. The love I had for Teresa was unexplainable, but what drew me to her was her understanding of who I was as a person. So I took a trip to New York City to see Teresa, as well as to see what life in the big city really was like. I fell in love. So approximately three months after our chance encounter the night of my birthday, I found myself saying goodbye to my friends and family and boarding a plane to the east coast. .
Before leaving though, I had explained to Teresa that our relationship might suffer a little, while I adjusted to the city. Only now do I realize that I would never have the opportunity to enjoy what New York City had to offer.
