A BEAUTIFUL TRUE LOVE STORY.
One day, a young guy and a young girl fell in love.
But the guy came from a poor family. The girl’s parents weren’t too happy.
So the young man decided not only to court the girl but to court her parents as well. In time, the parents saw that he was a good man and was worthy of their daughter’s hand.
But there was another problem: The man was a soldier. Soon, war broke out and he was being sent overseas for a year. The week before he left, the man knelt on his knee and asked his lady love, “Will you marry me?” She wiped a tear, said yes, and they were engaged. They agreed that when he got back in one year, they would get married.
But tragedy struck. A few days after he left, the girl had a major vehicular accident. It was a head-on collision.
When she woke up in the hospital, she saw her father and mother crying. Immediately, she knew there was something wrong.
She later found out that she suffered brain injury. The part of her brain that controlled her face muscles was damaged. Her once lovely face was now disfigured. She cried as she saw herself in the mirror. “Yesterday, I was beautiful. Today, I’m a monster.” Her body was also covered with so many ugly wounds.
Right there and then, she decided to release her fiancé from their promise. She knew he wouldn’t want her anymore. She would forget about him and never see him again.
For one year, the soldier wrote many letters—but she wouldn’t answer. He phoned her many times but she wouldn’t return her calls.
But after one year, the mother walked into her room and announced, “He’s back from the war.”
The girl shouted, “No! Please don’t tell him about me. Don’t tell him I’m here!”
The mother said, “He’s getting married,” and handed her a wedding invitation.
The girl’s heart sank. She knew she still loved him—but she had to forget him now.
With great sadness, she opened the wedding invitation.
And then she saw her name on it!
Confused, she asked, “What is this?”
That was when the young man entered her room with a bouquet of flowers. He knelt beside her and asked, “Will you marry me?”
The girl covered her face with her hands and said, “I’m ugly!”
The man said, “Without your permission, your mother sent me your photos. When I saw your photos, I realized that nothing has changed. You’re still the person I fell in love. You’re still as beautiful as ever. Because I love you!”
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I’ve always thought that the body is just a machine for carting the person inside about and therefore how it looks has very little value. Seems someone else thought that too.
Thank you, Waylander.
A beautiful, touching story, Tania. Thank you.
Thank you, GG.
It reminds me of the story of the 8 cow wife.
Sorry you have lost me there…..Thank you paul43
The 8 cow wife, was a story about a persons self worth It was published in readers digest several years ago. About how her life changed when a suitor offered her father 8 cows for her hand in marriage, 8 cows was a very high price indeed.
Thank you paul43, good of you to explain the story.
Hi Tania……if only more thought as that young man did……..I know very often some partners, try as they may, cannot cope after life changing injuries to their spouses/partners and desert them +
…….it can be hard supporting a paraplegic or someone with brain injuries….
I think that beauty is only skin deep, Star…..it is what lies beneath the surface that counts….Thank you…I should know, (ugly old witch) LOL
OK let’s take that one piece at a time. Do you ride a broomstick? No? Then no witch! Are you old? Define old. Is it years on the planet or your attitude? I’d say that places you middle aged at worst. Ugly? I think I already covered that in my original post. So nananana. Ugly, old and witch do not apply, lol
Ha Ha, Waylander….I never feel old, age is but a number,I will not apply for the witch job lol