I have loved the holiday season since I was a little kid. I would always wish for that “perfect gift” to find under the tree Christmas morning. My wishes included a sherbet colored bed tent, snow cone maker and a fashion plate set. Each Christmas, like magic, those gifts would be waiting for me.
Eventually I lost that childhood wonder and in turn lost the excitement for Christmas wishes. Then, when I was 27 I became a believer again. I had recently made a lot of changes in my life. I was living on my own after sharing an apartment with a close friend for years. I had just left my job of over 3 years and wasn’t sure of my next step. I was looking to move my life more in the direction I had wanted to pursue. My culmination of change happened around Thanksgiving. I had been dating someone for a couple of months but we didn’t have that spark. That weekend led me to realize that it was time to move on from that relationship.
Being so close to Christmas I thought I would hold off on dating and just enjoy my friends and family. I could rejoin the dating game after the New Year. This seemed right but fate had a different idea. That following Sunday night I was watching a Christmas movie. The one with the rich, high powered executive realizing how much better his life would have been if he would have stayed with the love of his life. I had seen this movie before but that night it made me think. As I watched I decided to re-add my profile to the dating site I had been using.
That was when I put out a Christmas wish. I wanted to finally meet a man that I would be wildly attracted to, find funny and interesting, and overall fall in love with. Of course, I also wanted him to think the same of me. Not a husband, just a great love. Like I said this was a Christmas wish.
I had men contact me but no one seemed that intriguing. Then, two days later I met a man that would change everything. During our first conversation we talked for hours. His voice was attractive and he made me laugh. I couldn’t wait to meet him in person. The next day we did meet and the sparks were there. He was everything I had wished for and more. He was nothing like what I thought I wanted but turned out to be everything I needed.
We spent every day leading up to Christmas together. Christmas Eve morning was bittersweet as we exchanged gifts. I was leaving to spend the holiday with my family and he was doing the same. We talked multiple times that Christmas Eve. We promised each other that if we were still together the following Christmas we wouldn’t spend it apart. I had received my Christmas wish.
It’s been seven years since that Christmas. Each Christmas since I’ve been so thankful for what it actually brought. That wish brought my best friend, my true love, my husband.