All I wanted was for my mother to meet the woman I loved. But the moment my fianc\u00e9e walked in, my mom froze like someone had stabbed her with memory. She screamed I wasn\u2019t allowed to marry my girlfriend and revealed a truth that tore through more than just my heart.<\/p>\n
Ever believe in love at first sight?<\/p>\n
I never did\u2026 until Nancy dropped her wallet right at my feet on the downtown metro. I\u2019m Edward, Eddie to everyone who knows me.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m 30, a graphic designer by day, an aspiring artist by night, and apparently terrible at reading the signs the universe throws at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh God, I\u2019m such a klutz!\u201d Nancy muttered, scrambling to collect her scattered cards.<\/p>\n
I crouched down, handing her a credit card. \u201cHey, at least you didn\u2019t drop it on the tracks. That would\u2019ve been a real Monday morning disaster!\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked up, and I swear the fluorescent lights dimmed.<\/p>\n
Her laugh was genuine, the kind that makes you forget you\u2019re packed into a metal tube with 50+ strangers.<\/p>\n
You always this optimistic about other people\u2019s catastrophes?\u201d she asked, tucking a strand of silky hair behind her ear.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly when they involve beautiful women and happy endings!\u201d<\/p>\n
The metro screeched to my stop, but I didn\u2019t move. Neither did she.<\/p>\n
\u201cCoffee?\u201d I asked. God, I was so nervous.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like that,\u201d she said, and something in my chest loosened for the first time.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d heard people talk about butterflies my whole life. I thought it was just some cute way to describe nerves.<\/p>\n
But sitting there, watching Nancy tuck a strand of hair behind her ear again, I finally got it. It wasn\u2019t nerves.<\/p>\n
It was hope. It was what they called\u2026 love at first sight.<\/p>\n
Eight months later, I was on one knee in Redwood Park with a ring that cost me three months\u2019 rent.<\/p>\n
Nancy\u2019s hands flew to her mouth, tears streaming down her cheeks, before I even finished fumbling with my speech.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes!\u201d she whispered. \u201cYes, yes, of course yes!\u201d<\/p>\n
We were inseparable from day one. Nancy worked as a teacher at an elementary school in Brookfield and had this way of making everything feel lighter.<\/p>\n
When I\u2019d come home stressed about a client or a painting that wasn\u2019t working, she\u2019d put on old jazz records and dance around our tiny kitchen until I couldn\u2019t help but join her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mom\u2019s going to love me, right?\u201d She asked one evening, curled up against me on our secondhand couch.<\/p>\n
The story doesn\u2019t end here \u2014 it continues on the next page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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