When Jen first messaged me about her new church group, I was in a dark place, heartbroken and withdrawn. I do not know why I went to that first dinner at Settebello, but it changed everything.

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We started talking every day, and I found a peace I had never known before. Friendship came easily, and love followed quietly, until one day, sitting across from her after a game of putt putt, I realised my heart was already hers.

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A few months later, on a weekend at Drakensberg Sun, we laughed, talked, and watched the sunset over a field of yellow flowers. That moment was perfect, and so was she.

 

She is my princess, my reason for happiness, and the one who made me whole again.