"Only after having met you did I rediscover it was such a simple thing to be happy."

Internet romances are a common occurrence nowadays, but still I never imagined I would ever meet anyone online. It still sounds strange to tell people how we met, started talking, and how one or two messages a day turned into one or two calls... Germany and Texas are on two very different times, so we started planning to go to sleep later or wake up earlier just to get an extra hour in. I could hardly sleep knowing I'd get to text her the next morning. I'm sure people thought I was going crazy with how absorbed in my phone I became, but I didn't mind it too much. Of course, the distance between us was nothing to sneeze at. Neither of us were sure of anything until August of 2018 when we met in person for the first time just before our one year anniversary. We had questions until the second we saw each other. As soon as I got to hug her, I knew. No more questions, She's the one. -Lauryn

It's still hard to even describe the events that happened at the time. How utterly bizarre and almost impossible the chances were, and yet everything seemed to be pointed in one direction. Here was the moon and my stars, greeting me in the morning just as a woke and sending me off to sleep every night with a promise. Always a constant, exchanging text and text and call after call just so I could get more time, get another chance to remember or learn another little detail. Already, everything was perfect. Coming down here though for the first time? Seeing her, holding her close? It was like seeing color for the first time, or music to once deaf ears. While she was my moon and my stars, she also became my world. One that I knew, and still know, grows and changes with me every day, and still always wakes my days and closes my nights with that same promise. Now, I've read a lot of fairytales in my time, but if that's not what True Love is, then I think I might need to write some stories of our own. Starting with this one. - Jessica