My youngest granddaughter, Cara Halene Benadum, has been smitten.........so has he (his name is Brian)! I'm sharing something she sent to me. I did get her permission.

"& to this day
i still think about
the days
where i had no idea
who you were
or who you would be
i still think about
the days
when i would see you
& think nothing of you
because i had no idea
who you were.
& you always had some girl
on your arm
therefore you werent
relevent to me.
i still think of the day
that i walked around the corner
of his house
& saw you sitting there.
i still remember
not thinking much of you still
at the time..
because i still wasnt sure
who you were
& i had heard some things
about you
that werent true .
& it gives me butterflies
to think
that by the end of that night
you would mean so much to me.
we stayed up until daylight
intoxicated in the night
i learned who you really were.
& i will never forget
the way i fell
for you
immediatly.
i will always remember
the butterflies in my tummy
& the smile on my face
the way i wiuld feel
when you would talk to me
& the rush i would get
when you came near me
or when you would speak to me
& i will never forget
the way i would melt
when you sang
or screamed.
i still think about the days
we would stay up all night
until we saw the sun
we would all lay down
& you next to me
& i will always remember
the feeling in me
for all that time..
& to this day
i still feel the rush
i still get butterflies
when i look at you
when im near you
it still amazes me
that the sparks
in me
are burning
to this day
stronger than ever
lighting up inside of me.
& from the start
& to this day
i still find myself thinking
"if this isnt love then what could be?"
& today i looked at you,
almost 1 & a half years later
& i was still blown away
by you
because you are so perfect
& just 16 months ago
i had no idea
what this would be.
if i could write it all down
a novel
that would be
a love story
of my own.
i believe in fate
& the way our lives
wove around
until the timing came
where i needed you
& you needed me
& it was good timing
because before then
i wasnt ready
for someone like you
because i used to give up
/so/ easily.
but theres something in me
that i have for you
that will always hold on
& from the start
i couldnt let you go
there was a reason
just not yet to know.
& to this day
i fall in love with you
over & over again
i can replay it in my head
any memory at all
its like my own
personal
storybook..
that i will always remember.
& always have."


Cara Halene Benedum