The Most Beautiful Place

My whole life I've made a decision and known what I wanted. I have always been steadfast to what is important to me and so why would that be different when I fell in love. And after 4 years with the boy I fell in love with the first time I met him, I still to this day know that he is what I am destined to be. We'll always be "Casey and Nick" and in that, if you know us, means a lot. I've watched my friends go through lovers, found and then lost. I've watched my family split apart. I've seen life in the eyes of so many different people and places and through it all, I am here, still steadfast in the decision my heart made for me so long ago.

4 years ago I was just a young, naive, innocent girl, 18, on my own for the first time, dealing with demons and insecurities. And it was at that time in my life that I met Nick. That all the pieces fell into place, that I knew in an instant that he was my the perfect match for me. It was in that instant that I first saw him in the dorms watching football on TV, with his tanned skin, his dark hair and his hat tilted just a little to the side that my life changed. It was that first night he slept over at my apartment, that first morning waking up next to him, that showed me what love really is. It's the memories we've made and the things we know about each other than no one else in the world knows. It's the trust we have in each other and the loyalty we feel. It's the smallest moments like holding his hand or a kiss on the cheek that truly explains our love. It's never been about being all over each other for us, for us, it goes much deeper than that. For us, it's always been natural, never with a need to "show it off." For us, our love has always been about moments that we cherish, feelings so deep that we can understand them on the same level together. For us, it's always been about overcoming the challenges, to take what we've been given and do what we feel.

It hasn't been easy or perfect by any means but it has been rewarding and a kind of relationship that sustains itself without any outside influence. And even now, miles apart, it's as if these 4 years have flown by. It's as if suddenly my life has come to a point where suddenly it all makes sense and I can see the road ahead, while narrow at some parts, expanding into the open sunrise, winding its way to the most beautiful place.