Story of a girl

Once upon a time, there was an awkward teenager. She wanted to be thin and pretty and wanted her daddy to show her that she was important to him. She never got any of those things.

As the girl grew up, people told her a lot of things to try and boost her self confidence, but it didn't help. Why? Because she didn't need to hear that. What she needed was for people to STOP telling her she wasn't fat, she wasn't ugly and she wasn't stupid for hoping her daddy would pay attention to her. What she needed was for someone to just totally ignore the things that made her insecure, not call attention to them and just love her for who she was, exactly the way she was.

She found that quite by accident one day. One December, shortly before Christmas, she went on a trip 1,000 miles from home, to try and figure out HOW to break off an engagement. She went to see a boy she knew from the internet – but not for love. She went to hang out and have a good time with some people who didn't seem to care about any of those insecurities she had.

When she landed at the airport, she was so excited to finally meet her friend that she gave him a big, giant hug. He picked her up off the ground. His brother was there too. As she was hugging her friend, her eyes met with the brother's eyes and she knew that her entire life had just changed, right there in that moment. She couldn't explain why at the time, she just knew it had.

The weekend was interesting and fun, and the girl and the brother wound up spending much of the weekend together, just talking and enjoying each other's company. When it was time for the girl to go home, she cried and cried and cried because she knew that she belonged with this boy. He made her feel the way she deserved to feel and no one else had ever done that before. Her mind was made up.

That week passed by at such a crawl, and even though the girl and boy spent countless hours on the phone and chatting across the internet, she knew she had to see him again. He asked her to come back – offered to pay for half of the plane ticket. She flew down that next weekend. At the end of the second weekend, the girl knew that she belonged with the boy and that she'd have to move to be closer to him. They discussed it a bit and agreed tentatively that she would move there in the summer.

They enjoyed several weekends together, the girl always finding ways to get to the boy. One time, she decided she was going to surprise him for Valentine's Day. She bought her tickets and tried to convince his friends to help her surprise him. And then, she got a $1,000 phone bill. And knew it could not continue like this. She talked to the boy. She told him of her plan to surprise him for Valentine's Day. She told him instead, when she came for her visit, she would never go home. She quit her job and left her family and friends behind to move in with the boy.

She has never once regretted her decision, even though it was difficult at first, and at times it still is. She now looks at her family: Husband, step-son and son, and she wonders how on earth one sad little girl could turn into one of the happiest people alive. She knows she was lucky. Her looks are not as important to her like they used to be. Sure, she'd like to see a more attractive person when she looks in the mirror, but she is what she is and the boy loves her for it, which makes her love herself. No one else needs to say anything to her about it because people saying things does not make it all better – she needs to find that for herself. And her dad's acceptance of her isn't so necessary any more because she has the love and support of a man, which is possibly all she wanted in the first place.

All because the boy never lied to her. He never told her just what she wanted to hear. And by not saying anything, he told her all she ever needed to hear – that she was worthy of love and acceptance and whatever she was unhappy with, he would support her in fixing, but that if it never got fixed, he was fine with that.

As in any relationship, things still come up in the life of the boy and girl which may make it not so smooth sailing. However, they work it out, talk it through. They always know when something is wrong with the other and don't wait until it's too late to discuss it. Sometimes the girl still wishes she was thinner or prettier. But mostly, she just wants the boy to love her forever, just the same as she loves him.

Plus, the sex is really good. How can you go wrong with that? Thanks Jerry. Love Tattoo.