Three years ago, probably more like four, I met the man that I wanted to
spend the rest of my life with. At the age of 19, this incredible 28 year
old man swept me off my feet. We had very little in common, but there was
one wonderful thing we did have in common. We both loved Journey and Steve
Perry, it the only romantic music that we agreed on and why not? Steve's
lyrics are beautiful.
Time passed and we grew apart and began fighting horribly. He moved back
with his ex-wife and I was left to move back home with my mother and father.
This was not easy at all. I went through a deep depression and thought my
life was over. Every time I heard Steve's sweet voice over the radio I
thought about Jake and all the great times we used to have together just
cruising around listening to Journey. For about a year I settled for
someone that was just as miserable as I was and I thought I had found a
soul-mate. One day while I was coming home from this other guy's house I
passed Jake at a stop-light, and what was in my cassette player at that very
moment? Why Journey's "Open Arms" of course. So I stopped at the KMC
building behind his parent's house (which incidently is where we first
kissed) and he pulled up beside me. It was an awkward moment because I was
Still with Bob, and he was still seeing Kelly, so we kept it on a friendship
level.
I knew from that moment on that this Bob guy was not the one for me,
that I was kidding myself. Jake was the man I wanted. I took things slow,
hoping that I wasn't on my way to another heartbreak. After that day, the
day I saw Jake for the first time in a year, every time I heard "Open Arms"
it really hit home and I just could not wait for the day that I could go
running back to him, back into his open arms.
We've been back together now for almost a year and I could not be
happier. To this day I truly believe that Steve's sweet words were what
made me realize that I needed Jake back. Hearing him on the radio at work
pushed me to keep hoping and what really made me decide that I needed to go
back into Jake's arms-that it was where I belong. This other guy was just a
distraction, something to keep my mind off Jake, I wouldn't even listen to
Journey for the longest time after we split up because it reminded me of
home. And my home is with Jake, so thanks to the radio stations that
continuously played Steve Perry and Journey, if not for their music, I don't
think it would have hurt so much to be away from him.