I WAS BROWSING THE PICTURES OF ME AND GARY FROM OUR PREVIOUS HOLIDAYS AND I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE REACHED THIS FAR IN OUR RELATIONSHIP, SPENDING OUR TIME MOSTLY AWAY FROM EACH OTHER. FRIENDS HAVE ASKED ME A COUPLE OF TIMES HOW ARE WE ABLE TO MANAGE THE SEPARATION, AND I SAID THAT IN A LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP, BOTH PARTIES MUST WANT IT TO REALLY WORK, THAT BOTH MUST BE WILLING TO MAKE A WAY TO BE ALWAYS IN CONTACT, WHAT EVER MODE OF COMMUNICATION IT MIGHT BE. LUCKILY FOR US, WE DO GET TO EMAIL EACH OTHER EVERY NOW AND THEN, WONDERFUL SOCIAL NETWORKS SUCH AS FACEBOOK WHERE WE COULD EXCHANGE MESSAGES, TEXT MESSAGING WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO ACCESS THE INTERNET, OCCASIONAL CALLS AND THE WEEKLY SKYPE WHICH WE TRY TO RELIGIOUSLY DO.
WE TRY TO BE CREATIVE, KEEPING THE FIRE OF THE RELATIONSHIP ON GOING. GARY HAS THIS WAY OF MAKING ME FEEL VALUED, LOVED AND BEING TAKEN CARE OF EVEN FROM A DISTANCE. HE'S THE MORE CREATIVE ONE. HE WOULD SEND ME FLOWERS WITH CARDS (OF COURSE WITH MOVING MESSAGES THAT MAKE ME GO INTO TEARS) AS WELL AS CHOCOLATES AND STUFF. HE WOULD SOMETIMES SUPRISINGLY SEND ME TEXT MESSAGES ASSURING ME THAT I AM THOUGHT OF EVEN ON HIS BUSY DAY.
AS FOR MY PART, I TRY TO DO THE SAME, SHARING HIM MY THOUGHTS, MY FEELINGS AND EVENTS THAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME THROUGH OUT THE DAY. AND OF COURSE WE LOOK BACK ON THE DAYS SPENT TOGETHER WHICH MAYBE A BIT SHORT BUT EVERYDAY WAS WORTH WHILE.
I AM JUST LOOKING FORWARD FOR THE DAY WHEN WE CAN FINALLY BE TOGETHER ON A LONGER TIME.