As a teenager I was sort of shy about being around the opposite sex. I had my group of girlfriends that I hung around with. We never bothered much with boys; we always had something interesting to do together. But I would always daydream about a medium height, dark curly haired individual with no face. I did notice his hands though. They were husky, as if he were a lion... (This made me feel safe), but despite being large they were soft and unscarred. His built was muscular, but not fat and I could always wrap my arms around him with out any problem. I could hear him speaking, a voice soft and soothing. It was actually calming to the soul. We had conversations about the future together. He always said that he would be there for me no matter what. I really never paid attention to this dream when I first had it. But after it reoccurred numerous times over a year I started to believe that maybe it was true ...that I would meet someone like the man in my dreams.

After more of the same re-occurring dreams I would notice the clothes that he wore and could tell my friends the exact color of shirt he wore and how he rolled up his brown dress shirt. I even thought that I could smell his cologne! I never believed in dreams until my cousin brought her boyfriend to my house. As he sat across the table from me I started to shiver. There he was, the dark curly hair, soft spoken voice and those husky hands...even had the freckles that I remembered and that brown shirt with the rolled up sleeves.  Needless to say we got married a year later!