It was a hot summer morning, I was all sweaty and tired from walking. I got to my destination which was the home office. I had to renew my home and European health insurance for my internship in Geneva which was due in a week.
We all know how the home office is with dealing with renewals of documents 🤦🏻♀️. It usually takes them 2 months for your documents to get ready so I was already in a turmoil wondering what to do.
I got to the office, picked a number and fortunately I was the third person in the queue with the number 3. I kept praying to get an understanding and kind agent. When my number was mentioned, and I got to my booth my lips couldn’t help but smile.
I was welcomed by the most beautiful person I had ever seen. It was a man, quite young with a friendly smile and face. I couldn’t help but feel at ease at once because that was the kind of effect he had on me. I had almost forgotten the reason to which I came there for. My new prayer request was to find a man like him and earnestly hoping that he was single.
He called out my name and said “Bonjour”, in his beautiful French accent. Oh my! What beautiful teeth I thought to myself!🙈 He then asked for my passport which I gave then he flipped over to where my details were and he kept smiling broadly. Then he glanced back at me then to my passport picture then smilesd again but this time his eyes were showing something different.
I didn’t want to get my hopes high since they always fail me when I do.
Him: I see you’re English
To which I replied, “yes” still smiling and remaining calm as possible.
Him: I love your name
To which I flushed and replied, “thank you, so what’s yours?”
Him: Lemuel
Me: Nice name too
Him: But I love yours more and not only that..
Me: oh yeah, what else.
I smiled and thought to myself… is he flirting with me!
Him: I love your look in your curly hair. It’s natural and brings out you beauty more than the braids you have on now.
Then he smiled more
Me: Thank you, you’re quite observant aren’t you!
He pushed my documents aside assuring me he’ll renewal them for me by the end of the day. He then kept his eyes fixed on me, at this point I was sweating profusely and trying to look elsewhere because of how hot and awkward the atmosphere was becoming.
Then he cleared his throat and said I’m sorry it’s just that I’ve fallen in love with you since the moment you walked into the building and I was hoping you come to my booth which you did. I’m usually not like this..ah this is embarrassing 🙈. I know it’s going to sound like a cliché and clingy but do you believe in fate and love at first sight!?
I didn’t know what to say, I mean here I was getting confessed to after being single for 25years .. that is, my whole life!😳😱
Thinking that my silence meant rejection, he kept going on….., I never believed in those things like fate or love at first sight. I thought it was only in movies or in animation. He came closer to where I sat, knelt before me, took my hand into his then with a slight peg on my hand (which got all my attention by the way), he said please go out with me. Date me with marriage in mind.
My God! Am I on cloud nine or earth is this my prayer being answered because God has shown me mercy for being single all my life or is this candid camera!, I thought to myself.
But who cares! Without thinking I unknowingly said yes and guess what! We’ve been married and still in love like it’s our first encounter for 10 years now with 2 beautiful twins and still counting✌🏼🙈😉
Remember that every encounter depends on you and how you choose to live it to become beautiful. Thus only you can define what you consider to be beautiful.
What is beautiful is subjective to everyone. Stay positive! ✌🏼🤗😉
