"It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities."
~Josiah StampHis hand travels up to his side of his face and softly stroke it, "You should talk that to Ava after you apologize to her for the way you've been behaving in the last couple of weeks, you wreck that lady into thinking that she was the problem!"
His lips quiver and there is guilt in his eyes, "I didn't mean to."
"But you did and you're going to say sorry and also you're going to quit drinking and see a therapist."
"I'm not crazy!" He protests almost immediate to my words his eyes changing as soon as I called the therapist.
I roll my eyes at his naïve definition for what therapy is, "Therapy is not only for the crazy Z, it's for a lot of things, we have marriage therapy, anger,
"When I tell you I love you, I don't say it out of habit. I say it to remind you that you're the best thing that ever happened to me."~AnonymousEleven weeks later"Why are you still holding out to him then?" Jude the head pastor of the church I now attend asks as we walk out of the Church.He's an old man in his mid-sixties, dark skin tone, standing around 5 ft 11 and a bit hefty for his age. It's been almost seven months since I started attending church with them and after Rogue felt a bit better he started following us and now that we have Rayge, we all come to church together for Sunday services, and knowing I would not get the chance I need this coming Sunday, I am here on a Friday tabling my request and seeking counselling.I fully resumed work last week, although closing early at 2 p.m. so that I can go ho
"When I gaze deep into your mind, I am met with the beauty of a thousand diamonds. As I let that love and beauty flood over my body, I knew that there was nothing that I would ever trade our relationship for."~Anonymous"Do we go on a honeymoon now?" Rogue asks as we enter Rayge's room with him holding onto Rayge in his arms.I take Rayge who is now sleeping after having his milk and places she places him in his cradle. Once nicely tucked in, I turn to Rogue who asked a question I'm yet to answer, "Do you want a honeymoon?" I ask with my brows rising."Yes a part of me wants a honeymoon, but we are not the conventional newlyweds; we have a very young son, I am battling and trying to regain my memory and my lower body isn't still the way it used to be." He assents to the truth although it is a bitter truth for both of us.I bend down beside him so we
"I hope you know that every time I tell you to get home safe, stay warm, have a good day or sleep well what I am really saying is I love you. I love you so damn much that it is starting to steal other words' meanings."~AnonymousHe pulls out his fingers and brings them up towards me and without uttering a word, I take them between my lips, sucking them desperately and moans after moans escape my throat in the process.He pulls out of my lips and he takes holds on to my waist possessively and drops me so I feel his cock hard, thick and pressed against my wet and needy spot while he kisses me.He pulls back from the kiss and I can see the much hunger in his eyes and my own throat runs dry.He possesses so much power, force and hunger for a man without the use of his lower body and he has been able to make me cum already and he's hoping to do more from what
"We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection."Brené Brown.We make our way back into the bedroom after cleaning up in the bathroom, I am still in Rogue's bedroom so my clothes are not in the wardrobe as they are in my room. I am wrapped in the white bathroom towel the same way Rogue is and I wonder what it is I can wear or if I should just go to my room and get the clothes."You could wear one of mine," he suggested as though reading into my mind and understanding my dilemma.I grin at him, "What will I wear then? Your boxers and T-shirt?" You know I'm way smaller than you are right?" I ask, raising a brow at him.
"Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves."~Brené brown6:30 p.m.Everyone invited by us is present from Zander down to Cainan and though we have more than a dozen people presents I still feel we are not complete, but not very long after this observation, the door opens and Julian walks in, holding on to the beautiful Maggie and now I am convinced that we are complete.I am in a long golden, Ankara gown with a long sleeve and a parting that starts from the mid-thigh down, so that my lap down to my legs and golden heel is showing which Rogue specifically ordered f
"To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be lovedanyhow—this is a human offering that can borderon miraculous."~Elizabeth Gilbert"Well, that was empowering," Rogue says quickly before drawing in a breath as if he'd been holding it in for a while now. "She seems like a good person."I look down at him, "She really is, she's one of the people I'm glad I have beside me.""We still have many people to meet and thank heavens that this is a two hours' event, we now only have thirty more minutes left." He says as we make our way to the next guest present.Twenty minutes laterI don't remove my eyes from Zander as he continues to gawk at Maggie who is clinging on to Julian's arm for the last five minutes and already seen enough of his newfound behaviour of lusting after Maggie even when she's with Julian, I make my way toward
"Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare."~Brené Brown"I think we should say our 'thank you' so these people can leave. I am already exhausted," laments Rogue bitterly and I wonder how he got here so fast as well as wonder how long I've been staring into space.I smile and turn to see him wearing a long look on his face and I press my lips together, trying desperately to suppress my laughter. He shoots a glare at me and I know he would have wiped the smile off my face if he could."That smile won't be on your face when I'm eating you out later." He grinds his threat out in menace.My cheeks heat up at his words, and weakening shivers run down my spine as my
"Marriage is meant to keep people together, not just when things are good, but particularly when they are not. That's why we take marriage vows, not wishes."~Ngina OtiendeZanderI feel incredibly nervous as I get down from the car and make my way to the front of the house that used to be mine and Havana's home and I wonder how the hell I got to this point.If anyone had told me six months ago when we were getting married that we would be having this much trouble during the first few months of our marriage, I'd probably laugh and call the bluff, but here we are separated with no guarantee of ever getting back together. Such a sad turn of events.It doesn't take long to figure it out though, I become someone else and I could argue it out with everyone else but I can't argue with myself about the truth. I turned into someone who I wasn't and it cost me, my wife, the woman I always saw forever with and now I'm a