Wonderful Gift

My plane will landed in thirty minutes at JFK. In not more than an hour I will meet Will, who will take me in his arms after waiting  impatiently for me. I reach into my briefcase, looking for my cosmetic bag with a tooth brush, comb and other girly stuff. "Excuse me" I say to the passenger  next to me. "Oh, of course" she replies. Yup, I head to the toilet, wanting to look fresh for Will, comb my black hair into a pony tail and putting some moisturizer on my face. That's it. Still in the toilet, I smile remembering how many times Will told me that he likes my brown skin and my simplicity. I return to seat 37A. "You look nice", says the lady sitting next to me. "Thanks" I reply with a smile. "Do you have somebody to pick you up?" she asks. Yes, my husband, I reply while putting my cosmetic bag back in the briefcase.

"Was he your classmate?", she asked curiously. "No, you would not believe me if I told you that we met on the Internet." I  look straight into her beautiful blue eyes, curious to see how she reacts to my answer. Oops' I was wrong, she looks fascinated. "Really? how come?"

"It's a long story", I said. "Well we still have 25 minutes. Tell me, if you don't mind". "It was seven years ago. I remember it was March 4th, 2001 in the late afternoon. I was in an Australian chat room, curious to know more about Australia, since I would soon spend a year there studying. I bumped into Will, an American planning an Australian vacation, who thought I was an Australian, as I thought  he was. We began to chat, talking about politics, schools, and ridiculous stuff. The next day and the next day we kept chatting until one day, Will told me he'd decided to take his vacation in Bali instead of Australia. He didn't know Bali was in my homeland Indonesia. I told him and we decided to meet.  We adored each other from the first time we met and the next thing I knew that I was engaged him." 

"The really great thing about this story is that the day before I met Will online, my birthday, I prayed for a man who would really love me and my prayer was answered the next day. God sent me someone who brightened my life . We've been married for more than five years and have a lovely son."

"That was a wonderful story" she said. "Thanks, how about you,  will someone pick you up?" I asked softly. "Yes, my son. He lives on the Upper West Side and is going to get married this week." "Oh.. awesome, Congratulations!" I exclaimed.

Out side, snow was falling and I couldn't wait to meet my family. I never stop thanking God for the wonderful gift He sent me, after all the pain, sorrow and a lot of tears that I had before I met Will.  I always believed that God will answer one prayer. HE did, and I am so grateful.

To the love of my life, Bill.