You be the Sun, I'll be the Moon-
- just let your light
come shining through;
and when night comes,
just like the moon,
i'll shone the light
right back to you (c)
"I know the artist, Christina Oiticica. At this very moment she is physically at a distance of 8,000 kilometers, and at the same time she is in everything around me. That makes me happy: even after 29 years of marriage, the love is more intense than ever before. Never did I imagine that this would happen: I had been in three relationships that did not work out right and was convinced that eternal love did not exist until she came along on a Christmas afternoon, like a present sent by a angel. We went to the movies. We made love that same day. I thought to myself: this wont last long. For the first two years I was always expecting one of us to give up the relationship. For the following five years I went on thinking that it was just an arrangement, that in a short while each of us would go our own way. I had convinced myself that any commitment of a more serious nature would deprive me of my freedom and stop me experiencing all that I wanted.
Twenty-nine years on, I am still free because I discovered that love never enslaves us. I am free to turn my head and watch her sleeping at my side that is the photo I have on my mobile phone. I am free for us to go out, enjoy a stroll, go on talking, discussing and occasionally arguing, as always. I am free to love as I have never loved before, and that makes a great difference in my life.
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MY INTERPRETER by Ben C.
I sat in the restaurant with my first Ukraine date and my interpreter. My date was an attractive energetic girl of 25 who seemed excited to be there and although she was seemingly what I was searching for, I couldn't help but watch my interpreter ..her long brown hair, tall stature sitting up straight in her chair listening to every word said, and then magically relaying it. She knew every thing that I was trying to say or was thinking. Am I a bad person for having such thoughts....I know she must deal with this juvenile attraction at every encounter in a male dominated profession... am I another statistical casualty in her profession. As I sit and ponder this at the dinner table, I realize that it is much more than an attraction, although very important to have, it is a connection of sorts which doesnt happen often but when it does, it is undeniable. I spent time with my interpreter, talking about my needs..looking for the supposed perfect wife...looking and looking...when what I was looking for was with me the whole time. When the first date was set up, I was hoping she would not show up...a rather mean thought in hindsight, but I wanted to spend time with my interpreter.
I sit at the dinner table and study her face, I ponder my thoughts and suddenly I feel some uncontrollable emotional feeling which overwhelms me and makes a tear emerge from my eyes. I hope they don't notice this.
I don't know what feels worse after searching for so long and so far.. a genuine bad feeling for my date not knowing these feelings toward another woman that have been building since the social or my sorrow because my heart is broken for I can't be with the one I really want to be with.........
God I hope both of them dont see these uncontrollable tears as we enjoy dinner...
how can I explain this...
perhaps I can cover it up with a quick joke
nobody understands me....
but perhaps one person...................................................my interpreter..........