how it all started for me

Well, it started one lovely afternoon, a working day of the week, that I've been given the news. It was a shock, I was absolutely stunned! It had never crossed my mind that this could happen, until it actually did, at that exact moment in time it was beginning to happen. I was sitting there, listening, not being able to say anything, but smile, thoughts going through my completely blank mind, excitement rushing through my entire system. In spite of the fact that I had no clue what lay ahead, I was happy and so looking forward to the future, just like a kid with no worries but with a new toy.

I gladly accepted the change, embraced the whole concept and for the rest of the day resumed my role as it had been until that moment, as if nothing had happened – although I could hardly control my urge to scream with joy. For no clearly defined reason, I wanted to get away from the past and the present as they were and plunge blind-folded into the barely known and uncertain future.

What was happening? Was the news exciting, positive, a good choice to make? I wanted to speak with someone, get another opinion, I needed someone to shake my dreamy state of mind off, get me back to reality and put some common sense into my head... but whom? Aha, looking around, I knew that one dear friend of mine, the one sitting right across the one meter away from my desk, had the same thing on her mind – yes, she was the one I could break the news down to every little piece with and share the joy.

With a large grin on my face, like I knew the same secret as she did but no one else around us was aware of it, I think I asked her: do you know? And jut like a totally dumb person, I couldn’t shake that grin off my face. It was our little secret, and then there came another dear friend, she knew too. And then, this was all we talked about.

And then came the future days… in a future time, in just a few days, until we get to the present day, today.