....THOSE THREE WORDS...

I have met someone, 

someone who I really like a lot.

Not sure where this will go and I am not

ready to see past one day at a time at this point,

so I am going to leave that explanation as that.

When we first started texting and talking,

we talked about lots of things...well I did because

you guys know I have diarrhea of the mouth.

Because we have different tastes in music it was one

of the things we spoke of.

About two weeks ago, I asked if he had ever heard

of the band Snow Patrol and their song CHASING CARS.

I had heard it while driving to play with the Grand Girls

and it reminded me of just how much I love it,

how much it says in just a few verses.

"No, I don't think I have."

I send him the words then challenge him to listen

to the song. I am not sure if he liked it right at first.

"Kind of mellow" he said.

I insisted he listen to the words,

then I sang him a part of it to his voice mail.

"...THESE THREE WORDS,

ARE SAID TOO MUCH,

THEY'RE NOT ENOUGH...."

And I think he becomes a fan of the song.

THESE THREE WORDS becomes our little motto.

We discuss a sign I am making, big and wood,

and I ask his input one what I should put on it.

We decided it would be so cool to put

THESE THREE WORDS

on the sign, it would be known by all exactly what

it meant and it would be a different way of saying 

I LOVE YOU without actually saying them.

I am sold on the idea, it will be the sign.

Then he asks if I want this beautiful screened wall divider.

YES!!!! of course I do, I can do so much of it.

He suggests a trade, the divider for the sign...

and now the sign has become more for me,

personal, we end each letter with that saying.

Honestly I am struggling with making it something

that he will love. Because he has also, fell in love with

the song, and the saying, it means more than just a sign

I am making to hopefully sell.

Valentines Day was approaching, I was hoping he would

ask me out for such a special day.

I make Banana nut bread, and a card and end it with 

these three words,

he does the same.

It was not Valentines Day yet,

we had contemplated, because he was working until 6 and

lives and hour away to just stay in and do take out

and a movie perhaps.

But there is something about Valentines Day 

and wanting to get dressed up nicely and see others

sharing their Valentines Day.

We settle on Portabello's which we both enjoy.

We are sitting there, in the darkened Portabello's

a candle at our table,  music is on low, waitress is also

speaking low, ambiance for my new found date.

Why is all of this long, story so important?

Before two weeks ago,

this man had never heard of SNOW PATROL

much less Chasing Cars.

Because he now has heard it a number of times,

knowing it is one of my favorites,

because I have sung it to him on voicemail,

because I had sang parts of it to him in person.

We began to call it "our song".

Back to Valentine's Day...

We are enjoying our meal, we are enjoying each others

company and there on the radio....

"If I lay here, if I just lay here, would you lie with me

and just forget the world..."

My reaction had to be priceless as my eyes opened wide,

my mouth open, and I pointed up to the speakers.

His was just as surprised.

We are quiet the whole time, well except

for me singing the whole song right there to him

in a restaurant that is fast becoming one of our faves.

You just can't make this thing up.

The song that came out in 2006, eleven years before

was playing right at the time we are sitting there.

So now we contemplate:

Coincidence, sign?

We don't know but I know this,

nothing could have made this night better except the fact

that this is now definitely OUR SONG 

and the one sentence that had already become ours

...THOSE THREE WORDS...

is now more special than ever....

Don't know where this relationship is going but

I know this, I will never hear this song,

listen to these words without bringing

memories of Valentine's Day 2017

Thank you, Snow Patrol, thank you, RL