In the shadow of permanent hope
It was the month of February of 1996 and my boyfriend, who is my current husband, was coming back from a training that he has always said that changed his life, and he surprised me by coming to my house with a big smile, around 7 o'clock at night from that Wednesday 14th while I was doing a college assignment telling me:
Today more than ever I'm sure I love you and will love you more every moment I can live by your side.
He hugged me and gave me two little chocolate-bear bears, joined in a kiss, and immediately took out his guitar and played a song he had composed for me called "Esperanza" ("Hope"). I was really excited and only managed to write his name and mine on a leaf of the tree that gave us shade in front of the house and I gave it to him after kissing him.
That leaf, fossilized, we still keep it, as living proof of a love that I hope will always be with us.
