My precious husband,

As I left your side today and began my mundane household chores, the story that we shared just ran over and over in my head…expanding.  I guess it did yours too!  Imagine my surprise when I logged on and saw that you had entered it.  I was SO pleased to know that impacted you enough to share it!  Thank you, love.  The following is the “expanded” version.  I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it….

Forever yours…..D

The wind blew gently thru his hair as they walked together in the garden.  It was his favorite time of day.  The sun was beginning to set, casting a pinkish hue on everything it touched.  He knew that soon it would be gone completely; replaced by the cool moon and the garden would be still and breathe deep as all creation prepared for the day to come.  He looked up at Him as they walked side by side in the cool of the day and thought of all they had accomplished.  The animals were all content, playing and interacting together, none afraid of the other.  A smile came across his face as he remembered how He had let him name them.  He found each one of them amazing and marveled at them as he touched their coats and looked in their eyes waiting for that special name to come to him.  He noticed that there were always 2 of each one of them and while they were mostly the same, there was something about each one of them that was very different from the other. 

One day, as they casually walked together, laughing and talking, he noticed a pair of white doves mating.  He had observed the ritual before, with many of the other animals and noticed how they seemed to work together to build their respective homes, seeming to enjoy each other’s company.  He paused watching them for a moment before looking up at Him and asking “Lord, why is it that there are 2 of each of the animals you have created and yet only one like me?  Why is it that there is no other to help me here, to BE with me, Lord?  Are YOU my other?”  The Lord just looked at him, and almost sighed as He led him back to a place in the garden that appeared to have been cleared of all trees.  It was just a flat piece of ground, seeming to hold the secrets of the universe.  He waited until his creation was standing in just the right spot, looking up at Him with inquiring eyes.  He looked down at him, with a hesitance in His stance as He held out His hand.  In it a small glowing orb appeared.  It seemed to glow brighter than anything the creation had seen….it ebbed and flowed, seemed to grow and wane.  And the creation reached out to touch it as the Creator closed his hand around it.  “This one thing have I waited to place in you.”He said as he looked at it lovingly, knowing how it would change both his creation and the relationship they had enjoyed to this point.  “It is something that no other creature has.  And few after you will experience it.”  The creation’s eyes lit up as he looked at it.  “What is it Lord? he asked almost in a trance.  “It is….love.”  The creation laughed frivolously as he said “Oh Lord, I already have that!  I love YOU, I love it HERE, I love all the creation!” he said as he waved his arms around the garden.  The Lord looked at him somberly “No, my precious creation, this love is different; it was made special for you…..and the one yet to come.”  “Yet to come??” the creation looked up at him quizzically, as the Lord just nodded.  The Lord gently took His hand and moved it closer and closer to the creation as he looked at it wonderingly….watching it move closer and closer to his body and he winced sharply as he felt the Lords fingertips penetrate him and move inside him briefly before pulling away from the creation empty handed.  Immediately the creation looked at him with tears in his eyes.  Never had he felt such great pain and longing and yet such overwhelming love.  He looked up at him questioningly as if to ask: “What now? Why would you give this to me, and leave me so lonely? I was not lonely before! Why would you do this?”as the Lord just smiled at him and placed his fingertips over his eyes, putting the creation into a conscious sedation.  The Lord once again reached inside the creation but this time, He took half of what he had just placed inside him, watching the creation jerk, feeling the tearing of the love, as He mixed it deep inside the other pieces He carefully extracted.  When He had carefully formed all the pieces together, He touched the eyes of his creation and he awoke from his slumber. 

It took a few minutes for his eyes to focus, but when they did he could see her.  She was not yet fully formed, still white and lumpy as the Lord took him by the hand and moved him closer to the new creation.  “She is yours, take what I have given you and finish her.”  The creation looked up at him bewildered, never having participated in a creation.  “But…..” the creation stammered.  The Lord looked down at him smiling and whispered to him “It’s ok.  Let what I placed inside you guide your hands.”  The creation looked at this new THING standing in front of him and suddenly a feeling came over him that he had never felt before.  He moved closer to her as he reached up to her eyes and closed them gently.  He began to mold and sculpt her as the Lord watched him joyfully.  He carefully, reverently placed each part of her body to conform to his, as he stood close to her, letting his body be his guide, mindful of the way he had seen the other animals “love” one another.  He lovingly made sure that each part of her body was made for him.  When he had finished he stepped back and looked up at the Lord, a tear falling from his eye.  “She is perfect.” he said his lips trembling.  The Lord looked at him smiling a wistful smile, knowing that his heart would be shared by her.  “Yes, yes she is.  She will be your partner.  She will help you in all you need.  She will comfort you now.  She will walk with you thru the garden.  And while I will NEVER leave you or forsake you, she will be the one to share your life.  I have joined you together.  And you will NEVER be truly happy without her.  Cherish her, as I have cherished you.  And she will revere and adore you, as you have me.   Together, you will walk through many trials and share much happiness.  You are bonded to her, forever.  There will never be another.  Let NO ONE separate, you.  Do you understand me?”  The creation looked at her, still crying, feeling the hurt from the torn love inside him, feeling an almost palpable hand drawing him to her.  “Yes, Lord, she is mine.  I will love her and take care of her forever.  Thank you, Lord.”  He walked over to her still slumbering body and gently scooped it up, laying her on a bed of soft grass, looking over her once again, still amazed that she was real and she was his and gently lay on top of her, touching her eyes.  He watched as she sleepily opened them, watching them look back at him, blue green pools of clear liquid love as she smiled at him and he heard the first words uttered from her soft pink lips….”Mine!”