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True Love  
 

Third Place Winner of the 1998 National Speech Contest 1998.3.15. Sarina Lin

 


I thought there was no true love in this world because I was betrayed by my ex boy friend whom I had dated with for 6 years. At that moment, when I found the cold fact, it seemed I was falling into an endless hole. My body was freezing, my feet were shaking and my lips were trembling. All of a sudden, my world was torn into pieces. I couldn't see, I couldn't think, I couldn't even breathe. " I would never trust a man." I said to myself. Then, my parents sent me to the states hoping I can bury my past and to have a new life.

It is true that time heals the broken heart, I started fooling around. One year later, I met a guy. I still remember on June 12, 1994, the day I first met him. My mom called me from Taiwan and asked me to stay at my apartment waiting for his visit, and he came to see me under his father's order. When the doorbell rang, somehow, with expectation and curiosity, I opened the door. Then I saw him - a tall guy but chubby with sloppy casual clothes and sports shoes. I looked at myself, a pretty girl with formal dress. Oh----No…..

Of course, I didn't fall in love with him at the first sight, still I went out with him under the pressure from my parents. 3 months later, one night, at a park, he proposed to me. I was stunned. I stared at him with my mouth open like a frog. I was thinking: How could this happen? He has not yet held my hand, not to mention a kiss. Oh! …. It's impossible. A girl with high IQ like me knows how to refuse him without breaking his heart. You know, during that time, I was like a little boat sailing in the ocean with a lot of fun. Why should I choose a harbor to end my colorful life?

However, after drifting for another 2 years, I suddenly realized, someday I will get tired with this endless sailing. I did need a harbor to rest. Then, there he was. Whenever I needed him, he was always there. So, I agreed to marry him.

Then, something happened. The night before our wedding day, we were doing the final decoration of out new house. As we were trying to hang up my favorite co-co clock which I carried a long way from Germany, we found the pendulum was missing. My goodness. It was supposed to be in a box, but the box was gone. We looked for the box around the house, but found nothing at all. We guessed the maid threw out the box together with garbage. I was so sad because it's one of my sweat memories. I couldn't say a word but with tears in my eyes. Before I knew it, he had rushed downstairs, looking from one garbage can to another. But, he left the house in such a hurry that he didn't have time to put on his coat, and it was freezing outside. The weather was just like the night Titanic sank. He came back with nothing in his hands but a shaking body and pale lips. 30 min later, the condition turned worse. I had to call an ambulance for him. The night before our wedding day, he was staying in emergency room just because of that co-co clock I loved..

A year after we got married, Once, when we were sitting on the grass in a park, I slept with my head on his thigh. After a while, God knows how long, his leg's movement woke me. As I knew his leg was numb with bad circulation, but he wouldn't move his leg until he couldn't stand one second anymore. I was so much touched by his consideration. I looked at him, and I saw true love in his eyes.

I really wish my husband were here, so I could tell him "For the love, care, and warmth you gave me, I with our baby love and trust you forever."

Ladies and gentleman, all my dear friends. I have found my true love, where's yours? Just go for it. True love does exist.