OUR ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

      ONE-YEAR AGO, TODAY, SAM HITHYE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD COME TO CANADA TO FIND ME.  HE SAID THAT HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE MY SIDE, AGAIN.  HE SAID THAT HE STILL WANTED TO MARRY ME.  HE'D TOLD ME, IN 2013, BY RELAY, AS I WAS LEAVING PORTLAND.  THEN, HE'D SAID THAT HE BEEN TALKING TO ME AND TRYING TO REACH ME, CONTINUOUSLY, SINCE 2004.  I HADN'T HEARD HIM, FOR A FEW YEARS.
     ON OCT. 7, 2022, IN TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, I SAID THAT I'D LOVE TO MARRY HIM.
     HE WENT HOME, FOR THE HOLIDAYS, THEN RETURNED TO ME.  HE RETIRED IN MAY OF 2023, TO STAY WITH ME.  WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER, EVERY DAY, EVER SINCE.
     WE HAVE NO DIRECT, NOR IN-PERSON, CONTACT.  ONE OF US IS ALWAYS HELD BACK, BEHIND, SO THAT HE'S NOT VISIBLE TO ME.  I DON'T RECEIVE HIS MESSAGES.  HE RECEIVES MY MESSAGES, WITH A NOTE IN A BOX.  I'VE NEVER RECEIVED ANY OF HIS PHONE CALLS.  I'VE HEARD A FEW VOICE MAIL MESSAGES, BY RELAY.
     HIS LOVE IS BETTER THAN WHAT I'D WISHED, FOR MY OWN LIFE.  I THOUGHT THAT I WAS HAPPIER, ALONE.  HE TAKES CARE OF ME.  HE MAKES ME SMILE.  HE IS KIND AND SUPPORTIVE.  HE'S BECOME MY BEST FRIEND.
     I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'LL GET TO SEE HIM, HUG HIM, KISS HIM, AND HOLD HIS HAND.  THERE'S NO END IN SIGHT, TO MY HUMAN TRAFFICKERS.
     TODAY, HE TOLD ME, BY RELAY, THAT THE U.S. ARMY IS TRYING TO SHUT DOWN SYSTEMS AND MAKE REPAIRS, SO THAT HE CAN BE VISIBLE TO ME, AS NORMAL.  FINGERS CROSSED.

     HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, SAM!  I REALLY LOVE YOU.  I'M HAPPIER, WHEN YOU'RE WITH ME.  YOURS DEARLY, JENNY

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