Is it possible to fall in love with someone you have never even seen? Is it possible to do it in just a couple of weeks? I registered myself onto an online dating service with one of the web providers. They would send me my “matches” periodically for me to choose from. There were a couple of guys out of hundreds that caught my eye but nothing ever materialized with them. I have a lot of qualifications that must be met. So they were not right or I was not what they were looking for or communication between us never occurred. Then one day out of the blue I was contacted by someone not on any of my match lists. I always respond to everyone so I did the same with him. We wrote back and forth explaining what we were looking for in a partner and something just clicked. There was an exchange of pictures. I know what everyone is thinking-it’s online stuff so you have to be careful. And the picture he sends doesn’t necessarily mean that it is him. I know. I was skeptical. I asked myself many times, “Is this guy real?”. I do not have such a trusting nature for others.

I don’t believe in love at first sight. And I never thought I would ever be one to experience the joy of finding one’s soul mate. But here I am. Every day we have exchanged lengthy letters ultimately baring our souls to each other. I fell in love with him after only two weeks. Both of us feel we have found our soul mate. We are experiencing feelings that neither of us have ever felt before. We understand each other like we’ve never been understood. We are absolutely floored with each other. We each feel that the other is everything we’ve been looking for and more. It totally feels like a storybook romance. Perfect in every way. We are not young teenagers but quickly approaching forty. We both have been in other long term relationships. And we both have kids. A match made in heaven is what we feel. Is it real? Time will tell. He’s tending to his ill father across the ocean so alas, it is a long distance relationship for now. I know he is there because we’ve talked on the phone briefly and there’s no way a phone number that long as the one that I dialed is from around here. We don’t know when we will meet but we both can’t wait for that day.