once upon a time ... God created Love :)

life can be a fairytale if you make it a fairytale and fairytales has parts with struggles,pain and hurt despite all the pretty

words and love you find in it, the hero in it doesn't get to the happily ever after easily, they go throught the whole road that takes you to happiness which is full of traps and though choices.

And let me tell you that yes My life is a fairytale and it has it's own title, own story, (unfortunatly own vilains) and in the end I know I can go the distance. Love is the most amazing thing God had ever created.

:)

Melancholic Joy

Laying here, alone, I close my eyes and listen, I can hear his heartbeat...

Slow, then fast,

in the silence of the night...

Am I in his mind ? he is in mine,

endlessly...

in my dreams, It's his smile that I see,

in my heart I know that we were meant to be

The song of my soul is a blend of Joy and melancholy

For missing him makes me feel sad but loving him makes me happy...

although we will be one, in the near future, loving life in our own way

from the twilight of adventures to the dawn of a new day,

no more night of loneliness, where the distance leads us to.

and we'll draw our own path, a new road to walk to

a strange yet curious destination, but still we will go

holding hands and fearless of the unknown.

long distance love

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I couldn't give a definition to what a long distance love is.

I just know that it can work only with patience, faith, love, trust and maybe... some pixie dust. :)

As long as you have the strength to say a prayer, then you have the strength to love someone who is thousands miles away from you.

This is not the same for everybody, it's just how it is for me

When you're in a long distance relationship, all you can do is get to know each other.

That's what we do when we talk right?

We start building an actual relationship that we call friendship. Then the feeling grows stronger, it's falling in love.

Falling in love with a soul, a heart, it's loving someone's personality.

It's sharing a lifetime of memories, laughing and crying together, throught a computer, throught letters, throught the phone.

It's a joy that fills your heart so much that everytime you hear the voice of your beloved you have butterflies.

All you wish for is holding him tight, kissing him.

You are not even scared of what will happen once you see him in person.

It's only like you imagined.

for me it's probably different because I first met him in person.

because I wished for this relationship to finally exist.

and no matter how long this distance will keep us apart, since I know that in the end we'll be together, it's only worth it.

and here is one of my favorite verse in the bible : "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God" - Romans 8:28

once upon a time...

once upon a time...

why wouldnt it start with this?

it did for me :)

my eyes are getting wet just to think of it

I was a young 15 years old girl going on vacation with my twin sister and my mum to visit our old aunt Eva who was living in Nice.

"- hmmm, smell this? the sea... we're almost there !" said Deby

I didn't pay much attention to what she said even though I remember it
I was day dreaming of exciting adventures we could do there.
the sky was amazingly blue that day!
I was pretty tired from the long trip and would have give anything for an icecream.
when we arrived our aunt warm welcomed us
a few days later, as I was falling asleep, I started thinking of this dream I used to have each night for a while.
a boy wearing a black jacket, walked down a street, looked at me, held me tight and kissed me then left as fast as he came. i remember he was humming a melody

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july 10th 2004

eight o clock in the morning



this day I woke up with a feeling that something would change my life and somehow make it better.
this was a wonderful saturday starting.
as the pastor was talking I was still thinking of this dream, more than ever
before we left he announced about a concert made by evangelical singers happening in the afternoon.
my mum and our friends decided to go.

3pm : he's there, standing on the stage with his guitar. my heart is beating faster and faster, i think to myself " he is exactly the kind of guy I could never have"

I hear him and every other singers sing "king of kings and lord of lords"
as we walk out the concert hall a lady comes to us to tell us that the band is playing the next day at the evangelical church of nice.
I realized that I could see him again, maybe he would notice me.. oh what a dreamer I was!

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july 11th 2004



this sunday morning I woke up and realized I didnt dream at all.

3pm :

we're late, no more sitts except in front of the stage, this was a little church.

he looked at me ! I looked behind me and around thinking" he wasnt looking at me, it's impossible!"
he smiled at me ! I smiled back and realized he actually did look at me.
for the first time of my life a boy was smiling at me and paying atention to me.
we have been smiling at each others and winking (yes winking haha) during the entire concert.
at the end he came to me so we could talk.
I don't speak english! he doesnt speak french ! what could we do! there is this girl beside me , i hear her speak english, then french i ask her if she can translate our conversation.
thanks God she nicely accepted.
he told me his name was Aaron, Aaron Stevenson. ( oh what a sweet name, sweetest name I've ever heard) and for the first time of my life I introduce myself as Ginie and not Virginie which actually is my name.

we planned to meet again the next day in the evening.

when I left I felt like what just happened was not real! I was falling in love with a stranger!
I didn't even know him but I knew his heart was pure.
this night I fell asleep with the sound of his voice ringing in my ear and the sweetness of his face stuck in my mind.

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july 12th 2004



8pm : I see him running to me !

oh how I loved his smile !

he asked me to wait for him a minute, when he got back he was holding a guitar, then he took me to the hall of the hotel Mirabeau.
the cozy atmosphere and the sweet smell of his perfume.
we set down, he was in front of me, he started singing and playing guitar...
I feel my heart beating so fast I can barely breathe.
he stops and softly touches my cheek.

then in an awkward but funny moment my wonderful twin sister came in with some sweets and left.
Aaron nicely took a lolipop and tasted it.
so he began to sing... he stopped again and kissed my cheek, I was closing my eyes wondering what would happen in the next second,
then he gently held my chin and kissed my lips...
I felt the tears well up in my eyes and wished this kiss would last forever.

time to say goodbye

we wrote each other's adress on a paper and took a picture ( picture that I would finally see 5 years later )

he held me in his arms and kissed me, it was impossible for me at this moment not to cry, I thought I would never see him again, the prince of my dreams, the love of my life.

he saved me... in every way that a person can be saved.
I got back to the faith I had in God this day.

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5 years later


time goes by, I grew up and lived my own life.
I did all I had to do to get back to him.

I went to england to learn his language, had my own experiences in life and decided that it was time to ask Aaron Stevenson to return my heart he had kept for too long.

I spent an hour or 2 searching for him on facebook.
when I finally did add him I was sure he would ignore.

a day later I get a notification, "Aaron accepted your friend request" and another one "aaron wrote on your wall" !!! my heart skipped a beat when I read "Hi Ginie! how are you? it's been a while! I've been looking at your pictures, you're very beautiful :)"
from this moment our relationship started.
from friends to bestfriends, from bestfriends to lovers.
Despite the distance we were inseparable.



he got me the best birthday present I could wish for ! a plane ticket to Denver.



2 more months to wait.



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october 23rd 2009



I finally arrived to Denver in time, he was there waiting for me, the earth stopped turning at the moment he held me in his arms and kissed me.

I spent 10 wonderful days there! I met Aaron's parents, Myron and Nancy his brother Jake and his son Jonathan and wife Haley, I also met his friends, Dalton, Ricky and some others!

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time was going by so slow, I was missing him too much, i needed his presence, in march, we have been through a terrible experience, when I arrived in Denver, a problem with the visa sent me back to France the next day. we only had one night together, a sad night.
we had to wait for seven months, seven months till we finally see each other again.

the third day of his visit in France, after a romantic diner, Aaron asked me to marry him, of course my answer was yes.
by now september 9th 2010 is the best day of my life.

we spent two amazing and unforgetable weeks together, it was my turn to introduce him to my world, he met my family and friends.
my family from Paris came here to meet my Aaron!


I am going to be Mrs Stevenson in less than a year.
my dream is about to come true :)

and soon some news about the "they lived happily ever after"

il était une fois

il était une fois... pourquoi l'histoire ne commencerait pas comme ça ? ce fut ainsi pour moi :)

les larmes me montent aux yeux rien que d'y penser.

j'etait une adolescente de 15 ans partant en vacance avec ma soeur jumelle et ma maman chez notre grande tante Eva qui vivait à Nice.

"- hmmmm, tu sens ça ? la mer... nous sommes presques arrivé !" dit Deby

je ne pretta pas attention à ce qu'elle disait meme si je m'en souvien. je revassai aux aventures que nous pourrions vivre durant notre sejour.

le ciel était tout particulièrement bleu ce jour là ! j'étais épuisé par le trajet et aurai donné n'importe quoi pour une crème glacée.

lorsque nous arrivames, notre tante nous acceuilit chaleureusement.

quelques jours plus tard, alors que je tombai de sommeil, je repensai a ce rêve que je faisai chaque nuit depuis plusieurs jours... un jeune homme portant une veste noire, marchant le long d'une rue, me regardant, me serrant fort contre lui et m'embrassant, puis partant aussi vite qu'il etait apparut. je me souviens qu'il fredonnait une melodie.

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10 juillet 2004

huit heures du matin. ce jour la je m'etais reveillé avec le sentiment que quelque chose changerai ma vie et d'une certaine façon la rendre meilleure.

ce fut un merveilleux samedi matin qui commencait.
alors que le pasteur faisait sa predication, je ne faisait que penser a ce rêve, plus que jamais.

avant de partir il annonça qu'un concert evangélique serait donné à l'acropolis dans l'apres-midi.
nous decidame de nous y rendre.

15 h :

debout sur la scene avac sa guitare, un jeune garcon, beau comme un ange.
mon coeur bat de plus en plus vite, je pense alors au fond de moi "il est exactement le genre de garcon que je n'aurais jamais la chance d'avoir " je l'entendit chanter avec tout les autres musiciens et chanteurs.
alors que nous quittons la salle de concert, un stand de bible se tenait a la sortie, une dame vint nous dire que le lendemain, ils se produisait à l'église évangélique de Nice. je realisa que je pourrait le revoir, peut-être cette fois-ci me remarquera-t-il ? oh quelle rêveuse j'était !

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11 juillet 2004

ce dimanche matin là je m'etait reveillé réalisant que je n'avait pas eu de rêve !

15h :

nous étions en retard, plus de sieges libre sauf deux tout devant, il s'agissait d'une toute petite église.

il me regarda ! je me dit " c'est impossible " c'est alors qu'il me sourit, je sourit en retour, que pouvais-je faire d'autre ? pour la première fois de ma vie, j'avais la sensation d'être seduisante.

nous nous sommes echangé regards, sourirs et clin d'oeils ( oui oui des clin d'oeils haha ) pendant tout le concert.

à la fin, lorsque tout le monde se leva pour partir, il vint vers moi pour me parler, il ne parlait pas français! je ne parlai pas anglais! que faire ? il me plaisait tellement ! je remarqua une jeune fille, elle parlait les deux langues, je l'interpella alors et lui demanda si elle pouvait traduire notre conversation.

il me dit alors son nom, Aaron Stevenson ( quel doux nom, le plus beau que je n'avais jamais entendu ), nous nous sommes ensuite donné rendez vous le lendemain a son hôtel, l'hotêl mirabeau, où il séjournait avec son équipe.
quand je suis parti j'avais j'impression que ce qu'il venait d'arriver n'etait pas réel, je tombais amoureuse d'un étranger ! je ne le connaissais pas mais je savais que son coeur était pur.

cette nuit là je m'endormis, bercée par le son de sa voix et en ayant son visage gravé dans ma mémoire.

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12 juillet 2004

20h : je le vit courire vers moi, oh comme j'aimais son sourire.

il me demanda de l'attendre un instant, puis il revint en tenant sa guitare.
il me conduit ensuite dans le hall de l'hôtel, comme l'ambiance feutrée et la douceur de son parfum était agréable.

nous nous asseyame l'un en face de l'autre. il commenca à chanter, je sentais mon coeur battre si vite que je pouvais à peine respirer.
il s'arreta et carressa ma joue. puis dans un instant peu commode, ma soeur Deborah fit une amusante irruption pour nous donner quelques bonbons et repartit a toute vitesse. Aaron gouta une des sucettes. il se remit alors à chanter, s'arreta à nouveau pour deposer un baiser sur ma joue, je fermais les yeux, me demandant ce qui allait bien pouvoir se passer dans la seconde suivante.
il saisit alors mon menton et me donna un baiser. je sentai les larmes monter et priais pour que cet instant dure toujours.
vint le moment de ce dire aurevoir.
nous avons juste eu le temps d' échanger nos adresses et de prendre une photo,( photo qu'il m'aura fallu attendre cinq années. )
il me serra fort contre lui et m'embrassa, il me fut impossible a cet instant de retenir mes larmes, je pensais ne plus jamais le revoir, le prince de mes rêves, l'amour de ma vie. il m'a sauvé, de toute les manière qu'une personne peut être sauvée. j'ai retrouvé la foi en Dieu ce jour là.

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cinq années plus tard le temps passa, je grandit et vécu ma propre vie. je fit tout ce qu'il y avait a faire pour retourner vers lui. je suis allé en angleterre pour apprendre sa langue, j'ai eu mes propres experiences et je décida enfin qu'il etait tant qu' Aaron Stevenson me rende mon coeur qu'il avait gardait trop longtemps.

Je passa une heure ou deux à le rechercher sur facebook. lorsque je l'ajouta enfin, j'était certaine qu'il m'avait oublié.
un jour plus tard, je recu une notification, " Aaron a accepté votre demande d'ami" puis une autre " Aaron a publié quelque chose sur votre mur" mon coeur a manqué un battement lorsque j'ai lu " Salut Ginie ! comment vas-tu? ça fait longtemp! je regardais tes photos, tu es très belle :) " mon cœur s'emballa, je ris, je pleurai, je remerciait le seigneur, et à partir de ce jour, notre histoire repris où elle s'était arrêté.

le 7 mars 2009, mon ange de la musique devint mon ami, puis de fil en aiguille notre relation devint plus certaine, d'amis a meilleurs amis, et plus le temps passait plus nos sentiments grandissait, de meilleurs amis à amoureux. malgrès la distance nous étions inseparable.
puis il m'offrit un cadeau d'anniversaire extraordinaire! un billet d'avion pour Denver! j'ai passé dix jours merveilleux la bas. j'y fit la rencontre de ses parents, Myron et Nancy, son frère Jake, sa belle soeur Haley et son neuveu Jonathan. j'ai aussi pu faire la rencontre de ses amis Dalton, ricky, tyler et tant d'autre.

plus le temps passait plus il me manquait ! il me fallait sa présence. en mars de cette année, nous avons vécus une terrible expérience. alors que j'arrivai à Denver, un problème de visa me renvoya en France le lendemain. nous n'avons eu qu'une nuit ensemble, une nuit faite de larmes et de chagrin, il nous fallut attendre 7 mois, 7 mois pour enfin se revoir.

au troisième jour de son arrivée en France, après un diner en amoureux, Aaron me demanda en mariage, le jeudi 9 septembre 2010 est à présent le plus beau jour de ma vie.
nous avons passé deux semaines merveilleuses et innoubliables. mon premier amour deviendrais mon unique amour.
nous avons passé 2 semaines merveilleuses.
je vais devenir madame Stevenson dans moins d'un an.
mon rêve est sur le point de se finaliser, ou plutôt de commencer un nouveau chapitre :)

à bientôt pour la suite des événements et un éventuel "ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d'enfants "

(not) the end ;-)