Some of you know this following story from an entry in thatkiss which is an amazing diary where people talk about a kiss that changed the shape of thier life. The reason I am recounting it is for those who didnt know the story and because this week has been one of reminiscing and thinking about life. I think in life there are times when you approach a fork in the road, I think this happens every day, every minute even, you make a decision that has implications you will feel for the remainder of your life.

My parents lived in a small desert town called Cue, I still lived down in Perth but would go up to Cue on my holidays and just relax. There is nothing else to do in Cue except relax, it is the smallest dingiest town in the world.

Cue has a population of around 200 people in the townand maybe 2000 in the whole shire. It is a gold mining town, one day the gold will run out and the town will close. I almost enjoy the fact it will become a ghost town, I hate Cue except for one thing.

When I was working at my parents hotel kitchen I was doing the waiting on tables gig when I met a girl. This is rare in Cue because there are less than 10 single girls in the entire shire. Most of them go for the miners, the big burly masculine guys.

Her name was Sam, she was a cutie. She drove trucks for a living in the mines so she never struggled for male attention but I guess she just didnt want one of those guys. She had never had a proper boyfriend. She had lived in Cue her whole life, much the same, I hadnt had a proper girlfriend.

She waited outside the restayrant til I finished by shift, there had been the obligatory flirting but I was still very surprised to find her there waiting for me. We went for a walk and sat on the top of an old water tank on top of the biggest hill in town. We just chatted and talked about life and all those things that are totally insignificant but matter so much. It was one of those nights where we went form being perfec strangers to just plain perfect.

We wee together for the whole three months I was there, we never slept together or anything ike that. We didnt need to. I was totally and utterly inlove with her and was ready togive her my entire life.

@We made plans where she would stay there for another 12 months and save a lot of money and then come down to Perth with me, buy a house and we would live together. It seemed perfect.

Saying goodbye was hard but we knew it was only temporary and that it would all be ok because we would talk every day and write letters and stuff. There wasnt much to worry about.

About three months after I cam back, I had spoken to her every day and for a day I didnt get a call or anything but wasnt particularly worried, I mean I though she was probably at work or something like that.

She had been killed in a head on car crash, a drunk driver had falln asleep and drifted onto the wrong side of the road. I had and have never felt that empty.

It took me a long time to realise that Sam wouldnt have wanted me to stop living, that she wouldnt have wanted my life to stop. I know she is still with me, I know she helps me and I can feel her guiding me when I need her.

I learnt a lot from my time with Sam and my time after it. There is no use in me sharing those lessons with you becase there are some things that we just have to go through ourselves. All I can say is that you should never be afraid to love. There is more than one person for every person and if you never give, you will never love. I cant wait to find love again, I cant wait to curl myself around someone amazing and walk around with the stupid smile on my face. I will never stop loving Sam and the time we had, I will also fall in love again and will give the person I love everything in my life. Life is worth living and loving. Every relationship that starts excites me. Love is a wonderful thing and hopefully it is nice and close. Keep Smiling!

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