Our Story
| I met Theresa in 9th grade at our school
Chief Leschi. I was attracted to her the moment I saw her. Naturally,
the guy in me coming out, wanted to get to know her. I found out her name from a
friend of mine Nicole, and from that point would wave to her in the halls. She
must have known something about me too because she called me by name on one occasion that
I remember. At this time in my life I was headed for a life of trouble and
hardships. I was an avid drug user(abuser). Our first conversation was,
well..... interesting. I didn't exactly make a good impression. I was very
secretive about my drug-abuse mind you, but I guess this day was a different
story. Earlier that day I had ingested a few hits of LSD, and was coming of my
trip. I was sitting in a practice room in my music class, jamming on a
guitar. She came in and sat beside me. I remember it specifically. She
asked me how I was doing, and I said shitty. She asked why, and I told her I had a
stomach ache from taking so much acid. She looked at me really weird, said okay, and
walked out. Now like I said, I never shared personal information then with
even my closest friends, but for some reason I felt comfortable sharing it with her,
coincidence? I think not. Anyways, our next conversation was much more
constructive. Even back in my "drugie" days I was nitorious for my psycho
analysis, and Theresa was having some personal problems. She was explaining them to
her her friend whom was... not all there, and I tagged along, under the impression that
she wouldn't mind. I offered my best advice. Now every guy knows what I was
doing, we all do it. We are sensitive with the women we are presuing in order to get
on their good side so that we can make our move. I wont lie to you, that is what I
was doing. However, my advice, was and is always genuine. Anyways, from that
point on, she confided in me quite frequently. I started to really care about
her. My advice became realistic because I was really considering her
well-being. At this time our relationship had stayed at a confidant level and I
wanted to take it further. I'll be the first to admit that emotionally I move pretty
fast. I wont tell you I truly loved her yet, but I was definitely interested.
I attempted to call her, and after a few, (clears throat), mishaps that I wont get into
she finally started developing a phone friendship with me. With all the time we
spent on the phone we began to learn a lot about eachother, and became very close.
We were both raised in very different environments. I have been very lucky
financially, and have a very stable home life, whereas her home life is less than stable,
and financially they struggle more. But we fit. It was at this point that I
started to feel more intensely about her. I ended up asking her out, with a
little help from her. Our relationship had a bad start because of my drug
habit. I spent time in and out of rehab/jail and our relationship suffered as a
result of my behavior, but never ceased. Anyway, to make this long story not too
long; I got arrested for a pretty serious charge. I was put in jail, but this time
it was for a while. When I was in lock down I had time to sober up. This was
the hardest time of my life. I was ashamed, hurt, angry, sad, pretty much every
negative emotion on earth, if I had a gun I would have shot myself in the head. Now
even though this was the hardest time of my life, it was also the best thing that happened
to me since Theresa came in to my life. I missed everyone, and I couldn't call my
parents, my friends, or anyone. I had to sit with my conscience alone in a cell for
72 hours. I did a lot of thinking about my life, etc. But most of all I
thought about Theresa. This was the precise moment that I realized that I loved
Theresa Wright with all my heart. I made my mind up seriously at that very second
that I was going to change my life. It started right then, my attitude changed, I
was motivated. I wrote her letters begging for forgiveness. She forgave
me with certain stipulations at which I was to adhere to. Well, a month and a half
later I got out. I changed EVERYTHING. I worked hard in school, started
pulling A's, was getting along with my parents, EVERYTHING! But most of all, Theresa
and I grew 10,000,000,000,000 times closer. She has inspired me to do so much.
I owe my life to her. Everything positive in my life is a result of her
influence on me. I will spend the rest of my life trying to repay that debt to her,
but I will never succeed. That pretty much brings us up to present day.
I still think about her everyday. She still crosses my mind in every decision that I
make. She still continues to inspire me and improve me as a human being.
I love her with all my heart. She is everything to me. She is my closest
friend, and REAL better half. Theresa, with you I can do anything. I can go on every day because I know I will talk to you, or see you. I know that what ever I do is the right thing because everything I do is in your better interest. I will love you forever and that is real love. -Kyle Sandstrom |