Say "I Love You" for the first time?
After we left my Grandma’s house, I told Jon how happy I was he just seemed to fit so well with not only me, but my family. He agreed and told me it was a wonderful feeling. The tears then started to fall from my eyes because I was more than happy, I was ecstatic! Jon has seen my happy tears before so he knew what I was thinking and feeling. I knew then I needed to tell him something…
As we drove down the country road outside of Hays, KS, I realized it was the right time to tell this man that I loved him. I’ve never said those three little words before so it has always been very important for me to make sure I really felt what I thought I was feeling. As corny as it sounds, the butterflies in my stomach and the flutter in my chest I knew it was true. I leaned to my left and laid my head on Jon's shoulder and asked him to pull the car over when he found a good spot.
Jon pulled over, I took off my seat belt and immediately embraced him in a huge hug. I just held on tight and decided I was going to spill what I felt. When I pulled away Jon was smiling with a tender look on his face and then leaned forward and rested his forehead to mine. He then pulled back and gave me a delicate kiss before looking me right in the eye and said, “Sara, I love you. I love you so very much.” He gave me a long, beautiful kiss and I pulled away and told him I loved him too. I told him I had wanted to say it for a little while now and I didn’t know when or where. I just felt this was the right time. I started to cry. The emotion that came over me was nothing like I had ever experienced. He kissed me again, and every time right before he gave me a kiss he told me he loved me followed by another kiss.
When we returned to my other Grandmother's home, I pulled my mom into a bedroom and told her what happened. She smiled, hugged me and said she could tell Jon loved me and it was just a matter of time before he said it. Of course that made me cry again!