Dearest Readers,

First of all, I'd like to welcome you to my blog or journal if you prefer. This is going to be a learning experience for me as well as for my husband, Will, as he bares with me while I write this labor of love that is our story. It's a story that began many years ago and is continuing many years into the future, provided we are granted that future.

I am a person of particular precision and order, particularly because of my OCD. Things have to be put up a certain way, displayed in a certain manner, and particularly clean as well. In addition to my OCD, I also have mysophobia, which gives reason to my insane need for everything to be clean.

My particular fear of dirt and germs stems from an incident when I was a child. I remember it clearly because I was seven and so excited to go camping with my family. I was always a precocious and careful child, mostly because of my sheltered upbringing, but I wanted a little adventure to prove that I wasn't as fragile as everyone believed me to be. Needless to say, I wandered too far and wound up in a swamp before being sprayed by a skunk. It was awful and I couldn't forget the stench of it for weeks after. From that point on, I was never clean enough to forget that smell.

I am, by profession, a counselor. Certified and trained for many years in the art of dealing with human emotions. Every day I see young adults, teenagers, that come into my office confused about love and what it means to them. But never once did I consider it for myself. The most basic and yet, complex, of human emotions is the only one I ever truly feared. I lived my life eschewing away from relationships and love because I was afraid of the mess it would create. But all of that changed the day I met the man I now call my husband. Will Schuester was everything I shouldn't have wanted, but somehow was lucky enough to have.

For that, I am thankful and blessed.

I hope that as you journey through this with me that you'll grasp a deeper understanding of the meaning of love. Or perhaps find the courage to go out there and find the one that you love. Whatever you take away from this, may it be something to light your way in life in some way. For me, this is the story of my life and the beginning of my future with my husband.

Mrs. Emma Schuester

A/N: I do not own anything from Glee, although I wish I did and could fix how Will and Emma are NOT together right now.