This page I dedicate for my husband Roger                  

This story is about the most important part of my life - LOVE

A long time ago, I was a very, very romantic girl, maybe too much, but soon I understood that love was just a big dream. This big love came to me later, when I met my husband first time. I never believed, that love could be this way, like ours, first virtually by letters and telephone. But it was exactly this way.

After many sad and lonely times I almost lost trust for love and life.  I thought I would be by myself forever, but I was wrong. Just God can decide how, where and with him we must be, just God, not we as humans…And God bring to me my Rog, with all of his pluses and minuses, goodness and badness, but also very romantic man, who also dreamed about big love, who also was very lonely in life. Later, when we became closer, he told me about this. So our dreams became reality…

It was winter and so cold, especially in my city Sevastopol, where always cold and windy, that everyone from work tries going home. But one day, my coworker and friend kept me for special conversation, it was about Rog. She already had boy friend from America, but now they found someone for me. She showed me his letter and picture and at this moment I was frustrate…I even don’t know what to say, I  promised her I would write back, but inside me something happened…Something made me warm and soft….made me melt…Of course I can’t even imagine it can be marriage, but maybe we can be friends…So, I write back to him with my picture, but not get answer almost one week! I  tell truth, I was worried and even sad.  Soon I found out, that he was away and also worried about this. And when we began writing letters it was most crazy time of all my life, in very happy way… We wrote to each other 2-3 times a day, plus talked by phone twice a day. I think we learned more about each other, than after marriage…Post office became my home, because my way was back and forward between post office and home. Life goes by me; I was totally in love….

It was something.   We were involved in every part of  each our lives, in deep part of souls and hearts, we talked about everything and this brought us more and more close…We became friends, more than just lovers….which is most important part of all relationships!  I missed him, his voice and routines, his support and help even by phone. I understood that I could tell him everything about my life, my good news and bad news, even about my past which was rare for me, because I was sure he was my friend, best friend.  If someone asked me why, I probably would not know what to say. It is just feelings about someone special… I read my own letters again and again to prove to myself that this is me, not another person, just very, very deep in love with someone.  It was like sweet night dream, but real…. I remember how important each gift was for me, little and big presents, each bouquet of flowers, my favorite red roses and each his letter…. I keep them even now in special memories place.  I felt like a child, like a babe myself…. I slept and wake up with him, I lived with him, even if he was so far away from me at distance…His picture was in my purse all the time and I was so proud to show him to everyone…Actually everyone of my friends already knew that, but I told and told about him again and again . Between Russia and America! Unbelievable!  3000 Km and an big ocean.  I was not sure how this was possible.  I know how it was not easy…. But the point was not about this, it was about how much we needed each other, how much we were in love.  What can be stronger than our BIG LOVE?  To wait one year, before we can be together, but it was greatest time in our lives and it made us even stronger in our feelings.  One thing I take for myself from this love- God will help you if you really, really want something and if you believe, it will happen for you somehow!

I wish for all people a happy, happy love like ours!