I wrote this in 2012 ‼️ Please comment ⬇️

I have been deeply and passionately in love with a man who was twice my age. I have experienced marriage, though no legal documents were signed and no rings were worn. However, the love most people seek and some seldom find I have found because I have loved. And no one could ever tell me otherwise. My first love’s name was Joel Thomas Kelly, and I say “was” because he is now deceased; yet he lives eternally in my heart and soul. I carry his tattooed name on my right wrist as a symbol that our love was real and it will last forever. He remains the most significant romantic person in my life; someone who has affected me so much that there is not a single day that goes by that he hasn’t crossed my mind. Unfournately, I never told Joel how much I appreciated him and all he did for me. I never appreciated anything; actually, I always felt I was entitled to it all and that it was owed to me. I appreciate everything now, even the little things because of Joel; I also see the value in life. I am a witness to how quickly a life can be taken no matter the age or circumstance. As a human, I used to assume people died of natural causes in their old age, but I know now how untrue that is. I noticed Joel has changed me and now I am a different person. I will never feel the level of love and security which Joel provided to me, from any other man ever again. If one has ever experienced love than one can appreciate my love story.