when love knocks you down

A lot of people don’t believe in love at first sight or that
someone has been placed here just for them, I do.
Have you met someone that has made an unchangeable impact on your life and you know your life wouldn’t be the same without him. Due to my bad experiences with love and relationships I use to believe love wasn’t for me. I would find some guy that was very interested in me and do things to sabotage any chance of us having a relationship because I felt it was a waste of time. I remember my best friend saying to me,” baby girl you got to open up and take a chance with somebody, loves just not going to happen all once, gods just not going to drop an angel in your lap.” I’m the type of woman that believes if you don’t love them it’s not worth the time. When I met someone and I didn’t feel an instant connection I didn’t waste my time trying to get to know them. All my friends thought that was a bad way to be, that I would always be alone and miserable; however I didn’t feel that way I felt I was worthy of the same type of love I was capable of giving.
I still think that way today and as everyone can see I’m not alone and quite happy. Not only did I not settle for just any guy I found my knight, my King Author of the 21st century. He’s that kind of person that when it’s storming around me I’m not afraid to dance in the rain with him at my side. Sometimes, when I’m down or things just don’t seem to be going my way, he lifts me up so high I forget about all my worries. It’s like he’s a cannon that just drops these huge bombs on everything negative in my life. He reminds me that things in life are not always perfect, fair, or on time but in the end it’s always worth it. It has been years since the day I first I laid eyes on him and still I find something new about him I love every day. He’s my angel, placed here just for me, just the way I asked and I’ll never forget the day God placed him in my life. I remember it like it happen yesterday.
It was June 17, 2005; the sun was shining so bright outside the small, tan and red church. The temperature was only about 97 degrees but the anticipation made it seem as if it was 105. My best friend was getting married today and I was one of her braid’s maids, I was so excited. I remember this day explicitly but not because of the wedding. I can still recall the very timid smell of the roses that were tied to the pews, the glow of the candles surrounding the church, and the butterflies in my stomach as the doors opened. I remember this day as if it was my own wedding day, but it was clearly a day I would never forget. The ice pink silk, fitted, yet sleet dress that caressed me so firmly, complemented by clear heels and a long sheer wrap that I held around my waist, an unforgettable day, the day the perfect man was dropped into my lap. The day I fall in love.
I remember the first time I laid eyes on McCarthy Trovon Hardwick; the other half of my soul had been instantly given to me. As someone bailed out the first words to Luther Van dross’s Here and Now I slowly and elegantly stepped over the thrash hold. I remember looking up and seeing this man that seem to be glowing, a white tuxedo, black shoes, and his hair was braided in a design that sticks in my mind still today. This man, not even noticing the tall slender guy that was escorting me down the aisle, mesmerized me. Even though he was feet away from me I could smell his cologne, Unforgettable was the name, so far away but the smell was strong and seem to be calling to me. I proceeded to the balcony like I was floating, so gracefully and light I felt, yet not one time taking my eyes off of him. As the wedding continued it appeared to me that we were the only two people there. Hearing the words, “ here and now, I promise to love faithfully… your all I need,” we made total eye contact; therefore he finally noticed me noticing him and my heart seem to melt and with tears in my eyes overwhelmed with emotion, I stood silently never knowing that today would change my life in a way I couldn’t imagine.