nce upon a time, in a land & time, not very long ago. There was a man, from Indiana, and a woman, from Canada. They didn't know it yet, but they were destined to find love, happiness, passion & true friendship.

It was just like any ordinary day for me. I was coming into Turbo 21, just like I would any other night. I was playing my game, when out of nowhere I see, "((((((((((Pokey Bear))))))))))" I thought my eyes had deceived me. Was she calling me Pokey Bear? I had started thinking to myself, "Why is she calling me that? We never flirted before. We were always, only just good friends." Without hesitation, or really even thinking about it, I gave her a hug back, which looked like this, "((((((((((smiley roobi)))))))" Right from that very moment, I knew that me and her had stumbled upon something we both hadn't experienced in quite a long time.

On that very same night, we decided to get on the phone. Oh, the talks we had! We talked about everything under the sun. She would tell me about her childhood, wants, needs & just anything about herself that would appeal to me. We hit it off like I've never seen before. We had always known how good of friends that we had been, but we did not ever dream of exploring this kind of aspect before. It felt so very right to be flirting with each other. It didn't feel like it was forced. Usually if I'm close friends with a woman, I know not to mix feelings & emotions. That's usually where I always draw the line. I couldn't stop myself with Yvette. I felt the pit of my stomach getting knotted up with anticipation of what she would say next. It was some of the greatest feelings & moments of my entire life.

What had started off as a true friendship, was turning into love right before our very eyes. The feeling us unbelievable. We had probably talked for a good 5 hours on the phone that night. It probably would have been a lot more, if she didn't have to get to work that next morning, bright and early. We both noticed how much we were flirting with each other. I even felt like a school boy again. I even DID say something to her, that maybe only a teenager WOULD say. I said, "So, are we going to go out with each other, or are we just flirting?" The funny thing is, I don't recall ever planning to say it, or know why I did at the time. It was definitely the defining moment in our beginning relationship. That right there, told each other what we were feeling about one another. Of course she didn't hesitate with an answer, "Yes, I'd love to go out with my Pokey Bear!" My jaw dropped at her answer. This is where it all begun...

Over the course of the next couple of weeks, sparks flew left and right. She worked/works for a bank and at the time, I was working at Kroger's. Our work time always conflicted with OUR time, but we managed well. I would work alot until 11-12 at nights, and she would generally get home around 7:30 at night. So, our time to spend together was from around 11:30 until about 2:00 or so. It really didn't matter how much, or how little amount of time we had together. We always made the best out of every moment that we had together. The first couple of weeks, there were many sleepless nights involved. We would play some Turbo 21, as our nightly ritual, then we would get on the phone for a good 2-4 hours, every night. It was very hard for us to ever say good night to each other. Even when we DID decide we had to go, she would always hold onto the phone, to make sure it was hung up first, before she would hang up her's. We adapted a new thing we always do up to even now. After we would say our goodbyes, I would hang up, then I would pick the phone back up 5-10 seconds later, just to say goodbye and that I love her again. The funny thing is, after we did our little "Goodbye" game, we would end up, alot of the time, staying on the phone for 30 minutes, up to an hour longer. You could tell how much we had fallen for each other. It was pure heaven. The first two months with her, were undescribable. We couldn't be separated if we chose to.

August 8th marked her birthday, and she was about to turn 23. It was August 6th & we were talking on the phone like we always do. I was being a big time mushball with her. I was telling her how much I loved being with her, told her how she made me feel, the emotions were running rampant. That was the kind of phone conversation that you couldn't have again in your entire lifetime if you tried. It was the type of conversation that even IF you planned it, it wouldn't have quite been the same. The type of guy I am, is that I always like to share what I am feeling. I always loved to pour my emotions, feelings out to Yvette. She never had a hard time getting me to express my emotions to her. I'm not a close minded individual. She ALWAYS knew what was on my mind, & boy did she ever on the night of August 6th, 2001.

After telling her some more, she started to cry a little bit. Tears of joy, mind you, but tears, nonetheless. She was in for the shock of her life, for she didn't know what was about to come. Truth is, neither did I. What I did next, was something that came out of nowhere, but at the same time, it felt like the right thing to do. As you know, we met on the internet, so it's not like I could do this to her in real life, unless I had waited. So, here goes.

I was telling her that over the past 3 months, how much our love had come together, what life would be like without her, that I wouldn't want to experience it without her. I was telling her that she was the greatest woman a man could ever ask for. Which she was. I have never met a woman quite like her, nor will I ever as long as I live. She is the woman for me, and I let it be known by proposing to her over the phone.

I told her, "Yvette, you know how much I love you, darling. We may have only been together for 3 months, but I am having feelings so strongly for you, that I must tell you this. I want to spend the rest of my life with you & only you. I want to hold you in my arms for the rest of my life & only you. I never want to experience life without you. I always want you as my own. For now, eternity, & for the rest of my life." She could tell where I was going with this, for she started sobbing uncontrollably. I was too, at the same time, but not as much. Next, I told her, "Sweetheart, your birthday is in 2 days. I want to give you the best early birthday present to you ever. Will you marry me, Yvette?" Oh, wow! Wow! That's all I can say about that! She cried for several more minutes even more. She came back with a silent, but tear-filled response of, "Yes! I would love to be your wife!" That right there, made my heart skip 20 beats! My knees started shaking, stomach knotted up, goosebumps all over my body, an adrenaline rush like I've never experienced before. I just let go right then and there. I cried right along with her, for at least 10 minutes straight. It was what will mark the second greatest moment of my entire life.

So, it had come to pass, we were to be married exactly one year, or less from the day I had proposed to her. It most certainly looks like my dreams will be coming true very soon!

As the months of our relationship progressed, we had our ups and downs, just like any other couple. But, our ability to talk things out & through, is what helped make us stronger. I wouldn't dream of yelling at her, or calling her names. Abusive, emotionally, physically, or financially, isn't the type of man I was. I was raised to know how to respect & treat a lady. They say that nice guys finish last? That's utter crap! The nice guy always finishes in first! She was always there for me, through thick and thin. Through the good times, the bad times, no matter what. She always knew what to do to make my heart melt. What more can you ask for out of love? I don't think you can. We've had a few hardships in our relationship, that really tested our love for each other. I won't get into those details, for we want to wipe the bad memories clear. We wish to move on with our lives. The mistakes that happened in the past will never happen again, that's for sure. The hardships that we did experience made our love for each other grow even stronger. One of the hardships that I can, & will share happened back around in October of 2001.

My phone line started having difficulties all of a sudden. I would get disconnected from online all the time. There was a short in my phone outlet, or something. We experienced a down time of about two to three weeks during October. The phone company had to be called on three separate occasions to fix my problem. During that down time, it was hard to get to talk to Yvette that much. All was not lost though. I was still working at Kroger's at the time, only not inside the grocery store anymore. I was working out in the fuel station. She would always call me right on the button at 10:00 o'clock out there. That's when the crowd died down. Also, it was an hour before the gas station closed. For almost a month straight, she would call me at 10:00 on the nose. All was not lost, but it felt like we didn't get as much time together. I was scared that by me not being able to be around as much, that I'd lose her. I was paranoid that way sometimes. Our love was so strong, that even a tornado couldn't pull us apart. However, when you love another as much as I do for her, you sometimes get scared. No matter what the circumstances were, she would always be willing to work with me. Yvette is a very patient woman. Her love for me can't be measured in lengths. She has done more for me, than you could ever imagine possible. No matter what obstacles were thrown her way, or mine, we would fight like the fighters we are! We would always overcome the obstacles thrown at us. Of course, we made it through this one with flying colors. Several weeks later, my phone was repaired & all was right with the world!

I wish I could be able to tell you every defining moment of our relationship over the year, unfortunately, I can't. It would take me at least a year to write every memory that I have of her. I will try to tell you some more instances, that marked and left imprints in our hearts, forever. Right now, I'll tell you a little bit about how we finally got to meet each other.

December 2001, one stormy night, we were on the phone discussing when we would be able to finally see each other. Well, it was always the plan for me to come up there first. Saving up to get up there was a very difficult task, with all of the bills, and fiancial headaches I was experiencing at that time. Just the month before, I had quit my job at Kroger's, over a dispute with my boss. So, I was out of a job & money was thin. We were crying because we thought it would be forever until we got to be in each other's arms. She came up with an idea that make the light at the end of the tunnel seem even bigger. She said that she would come up here to see me. She had hoped for February, sometime around Valentine's day. It didn't quite work out that way, due to her not having enough time to save as much as she wanted to. So, our next goal was for her next vacation time, which was in April. April 11th, to be exact. I was beginning to have my doubts, wondering if we were actually ever going to get to meet or be together. All of those doubts were erased in mid to late February. One day she told me she had purchased the plane ticket to come see me! Wow, was I ever ecstatic. She was to be here with me, just one day after our 11th anniversary. The next month and a half went by VERY fast. Since we both knew without a shadow of a doubt that this was finally coming to pass, finally going to happen.

Many sleepless nights were on the way for us until April 11th, 2002. We were becoming even closer than before. You could FEEL the love just sparking and building an eternal flame of passion. I would be up nights, with excited tensions forming in my stomach. It did come to pass, and on April 11th, 2002, she arrived at Louisville International airport.

I remember sitting there at the waiting area, looking for her to come around the corner. Obviously, I had seen pictures of her before, so I knew what to expect and who to look for. She finally waltzed around the corner. I jumped right out of my seat & made my way over to her. It was like one of those scenes that you see on a slapstick movie or cartoon, where you see two people running to each other, across a field, with that cheesey love music playing. That's exactly what we did! We ran into each other's arms, squeezed with all of our mights. We held each other what felt like a good 10 minutes. We began kissing uncontrollably. It was the greatest feeling in the world. After 11 months, 1 day, we were finally in each other's arms. I bet people at the airport thought we were saying goodbye, because that's what it probably looked like to them. It wasn't goodbye, it was hello. It was just the beginning of our WILD time together. She was to be here from April 11th, 2002 until April 22nd, 2002. So, just a few short days of a half a month.

We caught a cab to Clarksville, Indiana, to our hotel room. We didn't start off very well, as far as the money aspect goes. It should have cost us 25 dollars to get their from the airport, but the stupid Taxi driver missed the turn off into Clarksville. He drove all the way into the next town, backtracked, came all the way back. That racked up an extra 15 bucks. Oh, I was furious. He tried to say it wasn't his fault, that he doesn't know this area very well. I told him, it's not my duty to be a map for him. If he had difficulties, he should have addressed that issue when we first got into the cab. Anyways, I was three seconds away from calling in and reporting him. I let it slide, that time.

We finally get in our room and settle in some. Since I didn't have a car at the time, we had to take a bus, or taxi everywhere. It didn't stop us from having a good time. I let her unpack her belongings, as none of my things were there yet. I took a bus to the airport to meet her, and couldn't take everything with me. So, we decided days prior to, that we would go see E.T. and go out to eat. She was very exhausted from her flight, which was delayed 6 hours altogether, so we just went to see a movie. The theater was only a 5 minute walk from the room, so we made our way there. Arm in arm, and hand in hand. It had seemed like we had lived together for years, as people wouldn't have been able to tell that was our first night together.

We arrived at the theater, purchased our tickets, some popcorn, and two cokes. We lead our way into the movie theater, low and behold, come to find out, we are the only two in there! So, we got to see the entire movie by ourselves. It was a late showing, around 10:00 o'clock. We didn't pay attention to half of it, because we were kissing the hour away, with not a care or trouble in the world. It felt so right to be there with her. When we finally did let up on the kissing, it was the part of the movie where E.T. was being examined by all of those specialists. So, that gives you a general idea of how long that lasted. We left the movie, caught a cab back to my place to pick up my stuff. There, we got my CD Player, my VCR, about 10 movies, clothes, hygiene products and other odds and ends. We got back to the motel, and just talked for awhile longer. I'd get into more details after that, but some things are just meant to be kept private! HA!

Our second night together, we decided to go play bingo. It was only my second or third time playing bingo in my life. Oh my goodness, was I ever nervous. Every few seconds I would tell Yvette, "Help me keep up here. Do you see any bingo? Let me know!" I even had the guy next to me helping me check. It was a riot. I bet the people there thought I was nuts. There were about 300+ people. Mainly people in their 40's on up. I was the only one talking, mainly. Everyone else was as quiet as can be. I was two or three times from a bingo. So was Yvette. She was one away from winning the 1000 dollar jackpot on coverall. They called one number higher than what she needed. It happened to me like that, too. I needed like N28, or something, and they called N27, and N29. I was devastated! It was a real blast though. We stayed for both sessions, which altogether lasted from 7:00 until 1:00 a.m. All that coke that I drank there didn't help my nerves. But, something also happened at bingo, that made us make a decision of our lives, that we'll never forget.

We were standing out in the front of the bingo hall, just talking in between intermission. We were holding each other, telling each other how good it felt to be there. I also started talking about how hard it was going to be to see her leave. She was like, "Please don't think about that yet. Enjoy what time we do have right now. Because, I don't want to think about it either." That sparked a conversation of how I didn't want to be without her, and how hard it would be. I told her I wanted to move down there with her as soon as I could. It was our first plan to save up for probably about 6 more months before we even thought about doing that. I started crying because I didn't want her to ever leave me. She cried too. Since my lease was up at the end of May, it gave me the idea of moving up there at the end of May with her. I was still out of a job at the time, so this seemed like an impossibility. I didn't want to rely on her for supporting me 100 percent. She couldn't just say, "Yes, hon! Come at the end of May. Everything will be okay." She did say that she wanted me to, though. We cried right there together, in public, with no worries. I don't care what someone thinks about me. I am not ashamed to cry. My feelings, emotions & love for Yvette, are more important than my pride. Yvette was living with her Mother and Father, so it's not like we knew how we were going to go about this, but we said we'd figure it all out. Also, it's not as easy as it sounds. You can't just move from the United States to Canada. It's another country, and you have to go through all of the legal process to become a legal Canadian citizen. Anybody from the U.S. is allowed to stay for a period of up to six months. After that, they have to leave Canada, to come back to the U.S. Of course, our intentions were to never have me leave. So, now, we are working on her getting an apartment, so I can come live with her, while we work on the legal process to become a Canadian citizen. I refuse to live with her illegally. If I did so, I wouldn't be able to get a job, a license, education, health insurance, nothing. She'd have to take full responsibilty for me, if we did it the illegal way. So, we won't.

That night at bingo, sparked a reality & it is finally coming to pass. Just 3 days ago, I purchased my greyhound ticket to come there. I also bought my passport just yesterday, which it's May 9th, 2002, as of writing this.

Canada has some strict laws about Americans that have a criminal record, concerning being able to come into their country. Well, about 4 1/2 years ago, I was convicted of disorderly conduct. It's the only thing I have on my criminal record. There are Canadian laws that prohibit anyone with a criminal record of crossing the border. Only IF the conviction was based on a summary charge. Which means, if convicted, it can NOT be an indictable offense. Fines, community service, or other means of paying back to the law, are ways of the conviction. Well, I had to search the Canadian laws, and compare them to American laws, concerning Disorderly Conduct. Comes to find out, that Disorderly Conduct is INDEED a summary conviction in Canada. So, I should be alright when I come to cross the border on June 1st. Rest assured, that has kept me up many of nights, worrying if I'd be able to cross the border with no problems. It looks like I should be okay. I am having my fingers crossed on this one.

Speaking of Yvette, and me going to see her, here's an email that she JUST sent me from her work. She can email me from work anytime she wants:

Subj: Date: 5/9/02 7:06:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: Yvette.???????@???.com To: troy2slick@aol.com Sent from the Internet (Details)

Hey sweetheart,

How are you doing? It's raining cats and dogs here, I'm glad I'm indoors. I tried calling you before getting on the bus this morning and then again when I got to work but, there was no answer. I just wanted to let you know that I did try at least :o) My customer service time is from 12:00pm till 1pm today so, I'm going to go on my break anywhere in between 11:am-11:30am, I hope you are able to let me call you around that time :o) I actually got here a lot earlier then normal this morning even though I left my house at the same time. Yes, I did fall asleep on the subway again, starting from the halfway mark to the end of my ride. I'm glad that you got all that information on all that stuff we need. It makes it a lot easier on yourself as far as worrying and such. Now there shouldn't be a problem with you getting across the border :o) I'm going to get going for now and get started on some work while I wait for your reply. Know that I love you very much and that I always will. The end of the month and the rest of our lives is going to be so frigging awesome. I can't wait!!!! And tomorrow.......our 1 year anniversary!!! Can you believe how quickly time has gone by?? I can't....although it does feel like I've known you for a lot longer then I actually have. I love you honey with all my heart and soul. Take care and I will talk to you soon.

Love your smiley roobi deary fiancee, Yvette

As you can see, I blotted out her email address. But, it's weird how she talked about the EXACT same things that I was just writing about. Soulmates is what me and her are indeed. I don't know what I'd do without her. Let's just say I'd be one lost soul.

That's how I felt on April 22nd, 2002. It was the day she had to depart from the airport. We arrived at the airport via bus. We walked in front of the airport, where we held each other tight for several moments. To make it easier on each other, I was about to let her just go right then and there and finish our goodbyes quickly. It didn't quite work out that way. I walked with her into the airport, so she could get her bag checked in. I had been telling her earlier that, "Baby doll, I would do anything to be able to spend just one more night with you. I told her, I hope your flight is cancelled, so you can stay one more night." Well, ask and ye shall receive. The attendant for her particular departing flight said, "Your flight has been cancelled, due to mechanical problems." It was almost like god was answering my prayers. However, we both decided that saying goodbye once was hard enough. We didn't want to have to go through with this anymore. The attendant offered to give her a next day departure, but she refused. They gave her one that was an hour later from the one she should have taken. So, that gave us another hour to spend together. We went into the food court and bought us some KFC. I was barely able to keep down my food, with my tears so strongly forming. Here's a picture of us, at the airport, around the time of this:

You can see how sad we are in that picture. It was like I was losing a loved one forever. That emptiness feeling was setting in very quickly. It was the hardest moments in my ENTIRE life. I had felt like I was at a funeral, even though I knew deep down inside, that this wasn't a goodbye forever.

When we got done eating, we worked our way into the security check in section. That's the area where I'm not allowed in. We held each other, tightly, not wanting to let go, with tears flowing from us like Niagara Falls. It was very powerful, emotional! We both felt the love & how close we had become during her 2 week stay. We had indeed been meant for each other. This was living proof. Me and Yvette has had many doubters in the past. People saying that we are nuts, crazy for meeting on the internet. How could we love each other, if we never met. They don't know us! How we feel, our emotions, passions for each other, all we've been through. All they see is what they are blinded into letting themselves believe. To all of the doubters & people that ever made fun of us, this site is for you to SEE, HOW WRONG YOU WERE.

Tomorrow marks our 1 year anniversary together. May 10th, 2001, we got together for the first time. Here it is, one year later, together, happier than ever before. On June 1st, 2002, we will be in each other's arms once again. Only THIS time, there will be no more goodbyes. This is only the beginning of the rest of our lives, together. The best is yet to come!!

When it's all said and done, I know in my heart, that just like in a fairy tale, we will live HAPPILY EVER AFTER!

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