The First and Last

I was nine when my dad bought me a bicycle for my birthday. That time the bicycles with training wheels were a lot more expensive than those ones without, so I had to learn how to ride a bicycle without them. I acquired a couple of bruises and cuts while I was trying to learn. But everything was worth it because in just one week I learned how to ride my very own bicycle. I was so happy to have learned how to ride a bicycle. I could still feel how the wind was brushing on face as I screamed for joy because I could steadily ride my bicycle. For the next few days I rode my bicycle around the subdivision, proud and happy.

I met someone who made me as happy as my first steady bicycle ride. Before I met this person I never imagined that such a person exists -- someone who is as passionate and hopelessly romantic as I am.

I can say that I am truly happy now. The hardships and failed relationships I had made me a better person and molded me for this moment -- the time I give myself to someone who deserves me and I deserve.

Tomorrow, I can say that I will not stop falling and falling for this person all over again.

You are mine; I am yours. Together we will have an adventure for a lifetime. Lock your hands (that was built to fit mine) to my hand and let us run towards the horizon with our faces glowing because of the joy and bliss we are feeling...

Grey's Anatomy Season 7 Episode 10

The goal of any surgery is total recovery -- to come out better than you were before; some patients heal quickly and feel immediate relief; for others the healing happens gradually and it's not until months or years later that you realize you don't hurt anymore. So the challenge to any surgery is to be patient. But if you can make it through the first weeks and months, if you believe that healing is possible, then you can get your life back. But that's a big "if".