‘I will text her at 2.22 pm on 2/2/22, so she thinks it’s a sign’.
The guy is not a clown. He has insightful things to say about men, women and relationships in general. But this made me laugh. Who would ever take THAT as a sign?
Surprisingly and unexpectedly, that day turned out to be a very special day for me. The universe aligned its stars and it all became clear to me. It also reminded me that dreams come true. Sometimes after 4-5 years, but they do.
Before I left Alderney to backpack across the Americas, I told my closest friends (Christine, Helen, Alex) and whoever else listened, that my dream was to meet a man with a dog.
The dog came into the picture after the man, and I had to wait around 5 years to see my dream come true, but here was Beno and Snoop Dog – as real as it gets.
The dream of finding each other had also come true for my best friend Kristina and her now husband Sean.
Beno could not come with me to the wedding. As best as we tried, it was impossible for him to get a visa for the USA.
I could see the sadness in his eyes before I had to fly out of Belize.
We came to the city to spend a couple of days exploring and to hold on to every precious moment we had with each other before we had to say goodbye at the airport.
Beno handed me a piece of paper and told me to read it later. I read it as soon as he was out of sight (you all remember the ‘got no patience’ part, right?). And I cried all the way to Miami (it seamed to be that long).
We had a plan. We talked about it and we both agreed. Beno will come to me once I am back in Mexico. But what if he doesn’t?