Posted by Rev. Lisa Taylor
August 19, 2013 -
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Ladies are you thinking this reads like one of your romance novels ? How about you men ? What do you think so far ? By the comments some are not sure what to think , it's ok because that's part of the pull to read on ! Men don't pay no mind it isn't a love story in the least, but it's a strong telling story about real healthy relationships, I promise you will walk a way with much more understanding than you had before. I left off at our first meeting, after much more questions from this intruder than i thought possible and giving my answers as honest as always, I asked if I could come out and get dressed , which he reached down grabbed my shirt and tossed it over his shoulder to me, now folks not once did he make any sudden moves other than just being there was he ever being inappropriate in any way. I got dressed in record time and that's saying something , being wet and putting on jeans. Yeah well those that have done this knows , my attention on the task at hand,Anyway he apologized for his rudeness and hoped he didn't frighten me. It was not his attentions but took the opportunity to hold me captive long enough for him to find out who I was, ok a little peeved I said thanks a lot next time maybe just try doing your investigation on equal terms, he chuckles and says ok fair enough and I look up from jamming a boot on at the sound of this, the man was already half undressed, a bit embarrassed the battle was on to get my other boot in place and get the heck out of there, then I hear the splash of body hitting water, I am a honest person can't stress that enough I chanced a peek , yep he was in the pond and standing belly deep and said ok now what do you wanna know, red faced I turned around gave him the same treatment he had gave me, then not to be a chicken I stood my ground and fired off a butt load of questions right back at him. The whole time I was thinking grab his clothes and run , but i couldn't it wasn't right , be funny , a great payback but just wasn't right, it was indeed a bit of a new way of meeting a friend but I have heard stranger stories, after a few minutes he was dressing and chuckled again and said my daddy always said when a person is in their most vulnerable state is when honesty is spoken , now hey , his daddy was onto something and this sealed our friendship that to this day is the strongest I have ever experienced by far. Flash forward to when I moved back into town , my birthday came and I had a pleasant surprise stop me on my way back from the next town over, I have to say nothing changed between us in all these years except I was a widow and he is married , it felt good to be surrounded with such security knowing my oldest friend is here to have my back, we exchanged numbers and went about our day, from that moment until now we talked a lot shared our war stories ,he confessed things I wont share and basically settled into our routines , I told him about this guy , how we met and well everything I knew about him, the plans made between us as well, I never thought twice in not telling him anything until my adventure lets just call it that ended the way it did, a week went by , then Saturday started out just horrible , a knock on the door , I open it to see this most determined look upon my friends face , and he grunts out let's go , to cut to the good stuff was the first skinny dipping we shared in years, and yes everything came right out as he planned it would, no shame ,no judgment , but a whole lot of foul words passed his lips, other than that he showed a caring friend in need side to me , nothing exciting folks , so this leads to a few days ago, I get a call , it's my friend , he starts talking and explaining about something that can't be shared but it has to do with him and he couldn't even bring it up to his wife or his own doctor because he explains his doctor is female and it's a guy thing , This sets me into laughter ,then I said you do know I am a female right ? he says ,with that country drawl of his ,yeah i knowed it first time we met, i said ,so why are you able to tell me and not anyone else ?( This folks is the eye opening moment for me ) his next words hit me so hard right in the chest it knocked the very breath out of me, he said , because your different , simple words but carried the weight of the world when they found its mark, then I asked can you explain what you mean ? There was no hesitation what so ever and He said , Booger I have never met anyone male or female in my 49 years that is like me , you are real and honest woman, i tried to interrupt him with protest but he was having none of it, he continued with no matter who they are rich, poor , or what they go through ,it doesn't matter if their broken ,booger, we care for what's inside a person not the baggage they carry with them in this old world, I asked him why is it that way and his reply to me "it just is baby girl it just is ". With his own words is exactly how I explained to a dear friend on the phone ( yeah you know who you are ) the other night that I truly am fine , two things happened to me with the conversation a few nights ago that was oddly my salvation, one: in a healthy relationship with anyone one male or female consist of being the real naked you, and nothing but honesty should be in your hearts , two: any man that steps to me with intent of romance , will have to do so by knocking on my door personally ready to stand in a body of water naked as day they were born, because Daddy sure knew what he taught his son all those years ago, when a person is at their most vulnerable state honesty is spoken. Now did the point of this blog hit home ?
