There are times when simply your words move me. There are times when simply a touch moves me. I love you so much and have been in love with you for as long as I can remember. I am honored to have your love in my life.

It’s very difficult to find a love these days. Consumed by technology, the desire and ‘need’ to have everything all at once, immediately, has taken away from the elegance of love. The dating, the anticipation, the patience, the understanding.

I fell in love with my husband long before I probably knew it. It was always a feeling of wanting, a deep down desire that he would one day be mine. I met him at a time in my life where that’s all I yearned for. But we were in different places. So I waited. I waited for years, much to the agony of my parents I am sure. I never ‘knew’ he would come to me. I couldn’t foresee it, but maybe the desire in me ‘knew’ or hoped. Hope is the thing that carries us forward. Every day, into the future. Looking beyond what we have right now, in the anticipation of a better future. Love is a beautiful thing, and again, I have to say I am very blessed to be in love with my husband. There are days I am sure we want to be apart, to feel some space, but that yearning to be together surpasses any feeling of space. The knowledge that we are going to come home to each other is a bond which has been made by choice and not genetics.

Every girl wants her prince charming; a man who treats her like a queen. Many of us believe the one will come, and rightly so. Many of us falter along the way, thinking that the one we have at the moment, may not be the right one, but because of some circumstance, we bend our own rules to accommodate them. There are too many women out there who bend over backwards, who let things go, who don’t stand up for what they want. I never saw it before, but I see it now. Perhaps because I was surrounded by different people before and am surrounded by different people now. For those of you who don’t think environment makes a difference, it does. Ask me, I have lived in 3 continents and realized that in some small way, your environment makes you who you are. So chose it wisely.

Follow your heart, your dreams, and your passions. Make the man in your life understand those aims of yours. I think every girl in her heart of hearts knows what she wants, what she deserves and what she will get. Very few of us are in touch with our souls. I say I knew my husband would come for me, but I say that now, while sitting here years later, deep into marriage. Could I have said that when I was yearning for him? Possibly. I knew I wouldn’t be single forever, I knew I wouldn’t succumb to second best. Family often says I am lucky to be in love, that my love came to me, but I think every girl will get that. I also think a man will take as much as he can without having to give. Men love strong women and we should be strong; Strong to the point that we get what we want. Male siblings often mention to me that they love the chase, so why don’t we women make it harder for them? I moved and left the country where I met my husband to follow my career and he came after me. So do you see why I believe we are the stronger sex and why men love the chase?

If you are a female reading this, look deep into your soul, do you see your lover as the one you want to spend eternity with? Do you want to have his children, support him while fighting the world, and come home to him? More so, does he love you, for you? Does he bend over backwards for you? If yes, then he’s the one and you’re damn right lucky.

And if you’re a wondering soul, wondering when is that man going to stride into your life and pick you up on his horse and ride you into bliss, then wait, be patient, he will come. Concentrate on yourself, making yourself a better and stronger woman, so that when he does come, he will have to chase you forever.

By Sharon Taggar Sekhon, Senior Make-up Artist at Drama Queen Studios

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