I didn't know that my life was incomplete until that day. I can't say that I was happy to be alone, but it was my life, and that's just the way I lived it. That one day changed my life forever. And I wouldn't want it any other way. Now that I've tasted what it's like with her in my life I know I would rather die than live a single day without her. She makes me whole, and I knew that from the moment I first saw her. I can still remember that day, as if it were yesterday. I'd entered the small diner with an unfamiliar feeling in the pit of my stomach. Anticipation. As soon as my eyes met hers from across the room, it was as if I was home. Her eye's were so expressive, and I felt drawn to her as we moved through the crowded room towards each other. When she met me in the middle of the room, I could see the smile playing on her lips, and I felt my own turn up at the corners in response. There was a connection that I could almost taste between us, like we were different limbs of the same body. She held out her tiny hand and I placed it in my own as I brought it to my lips.
"You've kept me waiting a long time, soldier" she said with a teasing smile.
And, like a good southern gentleman, I tipped my hat with a "Sorry ma'am"
I still remember the look in her eyes from that day. That look of pure love and devotion that was mirrored in my own. And I've never looked away since.