Overview

Everyone dreams, everyone wishes. Might be the whole red door or white picket fence but for Dona, all she wanted was to be at ease and have more peace.

Dona is one of the prettiest ladies I’ve ever seen. I have to admit, the first time I saw her I actually gawked before I came back to reality. I could never forget the first time I saw her, donning a stripped dress and wedges carrying a mustard handbag and with her hair all laid back with her earphones plugged in.  Briskly walking through the crowd. I was standing at the reception chatting away with the security guard when she stole my attention. I wanted to follow her but that might seem creepy or something. I asked the guard about her and funny enough, she was a regular here and it’s not the first time she’s seen in the building.

A couple of times waiting for her next return, I finally got the balls to approach her. It wasn’t a full proof plan that she’d say yes to grabbing coffee or lunch but a guy got to do what a guy gotta do. I shot my shot but she said no. I didn’t give up but I kept on asking till she finally gave in and took me up on my offer. Am never a nervous guy but something about her just screamed to me and I wanted to know more about her and what’s that about her that I got drawn to.

We usually met and went out, tea sometimes, lunch maybe but never drinks. Fast forward to six months when we’re out for dinner when she finally let me in to see and know the real her. So this is what she had to say…

I have had a rough couple of months or rather two years. I was in a long term relationship and I got pregnant and we knew we’d do this. However we started having fights since his family didn’t know about us being expectant and him not being available. Due to stress and not taking care of myself, I lost the baby at eight months. From then I was on a downward spiral to an abyss. Turned to drinking as a safe haven and completely shut everyone out.

The alcohol made me feel something other than pain. I lost weight and looked like a skeleton walking, months down this path and depression hit me hard. It wasn’t easy facing reality and the fact that I couldn’t keep a human being living inside me for nine months wasn’t something I’d like to remember. At my lowest point when thinking of a way to numb the pain, I didn’t care for anything but my peace of mind.’’ Dona concluded.

Hearing all this, I couldn’t help but feel my heart flutter. She was strong enough to get through all this. Dona would be the missing piece to the jigsaw puzzle that’s my life. I would be her calm to the raging storm that she went through. We were both broken but we found ourselves complete in each other’s pieces.

Now we’ve been together five years, Dona is expecting twins and our wishes have come true. When asked what id wish for in my life, it would definitely be peace in our lives and that’s what we got. She got the peace we craved.

WRITER: Cece