"us"

excellent to have my playmate back, perhaps i should say...
excellent to be back!
for the past year i have been determined to distance my heart, to find fault,to take care of me!
the mind is a powerful instrument, it worked and i was miserable...

what changed?
me... i guess.

we still live on opposite sides of the ocean. i still have a need to be available for my family in scotland. herself still wants and needs to live in the good old u.s of a.
our circumstances remain exactly as they were.

for the now, very little has changed.
my mind, however, envisions a future, a future in which herself and i spend a goodly portion of our lives together!

i love america, but... as a woman who loves a woman, i am a temporary guest. herself has no right to import my permanent presence into her country. may hap mr obama (should he reach the heights to which he aspires) will take up his lance and fight the good fight on our behalf.
or not...

in the meantime...
i am fortunate to live in the land of equal opportunity!
civil partnership is an inalienable right. herself will travel to scotland and we will seal our deal. this will allow me peace of mind as herself and myself will be legally joined. my rights will become her rights, my safe harbour a welcoming home port for the two of us.

we will wander, while we are still able, between our two countries. we will have two homes ... an ideal arrangement?
no way!
but... it is a way, a plan for the future, an assurance of some type of togetherness. in november we will have been together for four years, we have loved and laughed, fought and feared, trusted and doubted. we have tried to take the "easy way" out, by attempting to disentangle our lives. it just does not work... our hearts continue to call, our minds thirst for contact.
who are we?
friends, partners, lovers, playmates?
it really does not matter... we are "us" and "us" is a magical place. "us" is a comforting cloak of concern and kindness, a place to reach out and know peace. a rocky road filled with laughter and teasing, a world of experiences shared. "us"... two grown women, arrogant, opinionated and obstinate.
"us" is a place all our own, where others delight to visit!