| The continuing years of the Discovery Series storyline as the family gets ready for a big event. The family storyteller gathers up some photos and shares a perspective on the past. (including a "photo album" scrapbook) GSR/Yo!Bling/Etc. *Rated PG for Most Everyone. |
| LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY |
| Steph & Thomas |
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| Thomas likes to say that he fell for me the moment we met, but I know the truth. I’m pretty sure he was looking for me before that. Life can be a funny thing sometimes. I was born to two people who never thought they could have children, who had lived full and meaningful lives before I ever came along. They loved and treasured me in such a way that I never knew a day where I worried about what they felt for me. But Thomas never knew that feeling until we met. The only love he had ever known was the love of God. Thomas was rescued from a life of instability and abuse by the Brothers at his parochial school. He learned the love of Catholic charity and he grew up in that world from the age of eight. But the love of family eluded him for many more years. When he and I started dating, I surprised him by saying that I couldn’t get serious with anyone who my family didn’t approve of. He had never known anyone who was so committed to their family that they would allow them to determine their relationships. What he didn’t understand was that my family also trusted me and my decisions, and if I told them how I felt, they would do everything in their power to support me. No, he would learn that much later in life. I’ve often worried that our relationship has been very one-sided, with Thomas merely coming along for the ride that was my life. And I made some silly mistakes in an effort to try and find more balance between us. We even went so far as to separate during our advanced residencies, because I didn’t want him sacrificing to stay with me in Los Angeles. Eventually, I saw the folly of my decision and packed myself up to be with him. That was when I realized it was a pretty even partnership, because we were both willing to sacrifice whatever it took to be together. It was also when Thomas says he discovered the true meaning of unconditional love. He said any woman willing to pick up and move to the desert with no job in hand, just to be with him, showed him what love was really all about, and it made him determined to spend the rest of his life being worthy of that love. And so far…he’s doing a damn good job. |