I met Willem for the first time in Brussels on September 2016 when my head was full of the enchanting landscapes of my trip to Argentina.
I was in a kind of state of grace, as you can only be after memorable holidays. My soul was light and my head was more than ever in the clouds.
I entered the library late in the afternoon and I bumped into him. Everything stopped.
Our cheeks turned red but we both tried to look relaxed. We exchanged a few words then I walked away. I often thought about him in the following months wondering about this unique feeling I had at our first sight.
I returned to the library sometimes but always very shortly and with an attitude of (clumsy) disinterest.
On May 2017 my head was exploding, work pressure was high and I was in a very very bad mood. Outside what over here is called spring: a non-stop rainy day. I couldn’t even stand myself.
Walking back home the rain ’obliged me’ to shelter in the library, which was on my way. I had documents in my hands that I couldn’t afford to spoil. Soaked to the bone and with what was left of my make-up, I entered.
And there he was.
I skipped any polite form of greetings, ignored everyone standing in my way and I went to sit at the back lingering on my documents - and figuring out something to say in case Willem would have come to me..
Brave and at the best of his Viking determined attitude, annoyed – I learned afterwards – about the fact that I totally skipped the greetings` part, Willem came in my direction handling a book of art and giving me the shoulders, he turned his head and asked me in a cute Italian “come va?”. Everything started there when he invited me for our first date.
After few weeks our first summer together - of which you will find pictures below.
After few months we moved together.
After two beautiful and intense years this 20th of July we are going to marry!
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