Before Forever Began

There was a time before everything changed.

Before love found its way in.
Before two lives became one.
Before I knew what forever would look like.

It was quieter then.

Not empty—but still.
The kind of stillness you don't understand until you've lived it.

Out here, it was just me, the land, and the rhythm of everyday life.
Mornings came slow. Evenings stretched long.
And somewhere in between, I was learning how to be okay on my own.

Freckles grazing in the distance.
Sunsets that didn't need an audience.
Skies that reminded me how small I was—and how much there still was ahead of me.

At the time, it didn't feel like anything big was happening.

But looking back now…
that's where everything was changing.

That season taught me patience.
It taught me peace.
It taught me how to stand still long enough to hear what life was trying to say.

Because not long after that…

Everything shifted.

A new chapter began.
One I never could have planned—but one that felt like it had been waiting for me all along.

This wasn't the beginning of the story.

But it was the beginning of becoming ready for it.