WRITING JOURNAL 3

LOVE. WHAT IS LOVE?
THIS QUESTION MADE A MOTHER TO HIS SON WHEN HE DECIDED TO BREAK UP WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND BECAUSE HE DIDNT KNOW IF HE LOVE HER, BUT HE SAID THAT HE HAD VERY STRONG FEELIGS FOR HER, HE WAS CONFUSED. AND THE MOTHER DECIDED TO TELL HIM HER OWN STORY:
"WHEN I WAS 18, I MET YOUR FATHER. HE WAS VERY HANDSOME, TALL WITH A BEAUTIFUL SKIN AND WAS A VERY WELL EDUCATED YOUNG MAN. HE WAS THE BEST FRIEND OF ONE OF MY SISTERS, MARTA. HE USED TO GO TO MY HOUSE AND HAD LONG CONVERSATIONS WITH MARTA. I THOUGHT HE WAS INTERESTED IN MY SISTER. BUT THAT WAS NOT TRUE. HE WAS IN LOVE WITH ME. AT THAT TIME, HE WAS 27 SO I USED TO SAY THAT HE WAS OLD FOR ME. I WAS INTERESTED IN A NEIGHBOUR THAT BELONGED TO A VERY WELL KNOWN FAMILY IN MY VILLAGE. I SECRECTLY LOVED HIM. HE WAS 20 AND WAS ALSO A HANDSOME MAN, NOT VERY TALL AND A VERY NICE PERSON. HIS FATHER BELONGED TO THE ARMY AND WANTED SO FOR HIS SON. I MUST SAY THAT I D NEVER HAD ANY KIND OF CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND MAYBE HE NEVER REALIZED OF MY FEELINGS FOR HIM. THE THING IS THAT MY LOVED WENT TO BS AS FOLLOWING HIS FATHER S WISH AND THAT BROKE MY HEART. MY SISTER S BEST FRIEND KNEW THAT AND HE STARTED TO HELP ME. HE BECAME MY FRIEND TOO. THEN, LOVE APPEARED. AND WITH HIM I LEARNT FOR THE FIRST TIME WHAT LOVE WAS. I USED TO BE CONFUSED ABOUT MY FEELINGS FOR THE OTHER GUY. NOW I AM 50, I CAN SAY THAT I DIDNT LOVE MY NEIGHBOUR. I TOLD YOU THIS STORY BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT YOU HAVE FEELINGS FOR YOUR EX GIRLFRIEND, BUT YOU DONT KNOW IF YOU LOVE HER. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THE ANSWER. LOOK INTO YOUR HEART. THINK...DO YOU IMAGINE HAVING A FAMILY WITH HER? DO YOU DREAM OF COMING HOME AFTER A LONG DAY AT WORK AND SEEING HER WAITING FOR YOU WITH YOUR FOOD PREPARED? THOSE KIND OF THINGS WILL HELP YOU TO FIND THE ANSWER, MY SON. REMENBER THAT AT YOUR AGE I USED TO THINK I LOVED SOMEONE, BUT I WAS WRONG. I MARRIED YOUR FATHER, THE BEST FRIEND OF MY SISTER AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY SINCE THAT MOMENT..."