True
Love
One day, a young guy and a young
girl fell in love.
But the guy came from a poor
family. The girl’s parents weren’t too happy.
So the young man decided not only
to court the girl but to court her parents as well. In time, the parents saw
that he was a good man and was worthy of their daughter’s hand.
But there was another problem: The
man was a soldier. Soon, war broke out and he was being sent overseas for a
year. The week before he left, the man knelt on his knee and asked his lady
love, “Will you marry me?” She wiped a tear, said yes, and they were engaged.
They agreed that when he got back in one year, they would get married.
But tragedy struck. A few days
after he left, the girl had a major vehicular accident. It was a head-on
collision.
When she woke up in the hospital,
she saw her father and mother crying. Immediately, she knew there was something
wrong.
She later found out that she
suffered brain injury. The part of her brain that controlled her face muscles
was damaged. Her once lovely face was now disfigured. She cried as she saw
herself in the mirror. “Yesterday, I was beautiful. Today, I’m a monster.” Her
body was also covered with so many ugly wounds.
Right there and then, she decided
to release her fiancé from their promise. She knew he wouldn’t want her
anymore. She would forget about him and never see him again.
For one year, the soldier wrote
many letters—but she wouldn’t answer. He phoned her many times but she wouldn’t
return her calls.
But after one year, the mother
walked into her room and announced, “He’s back from the war.”
The girl shouted, “No! Please
don’t tell him about me. Don’t tell him I’m here!”
The mother said, “He’s getting
married,” and handed her a wedding invitation.
The girl’s heart sank. She knew
she still loved him—but she had to forget him now.
With great sadness, she opened the
wedding invitation.
And then she saw her name on it!
Confused, she asked, “What is
this?”
That was when the young man
entered her room with a bouquet of flowers. He knelt beside her and asked,
“Will you marry me?”
The girl covered her face with her
hands and said, “I’m ugly!”
The man said, “Without your
permission, your mother sent me your photos. When I saw your photos, I realized
that nothing has changed. You’re still the person I fell in love. You’re still
as beautiful as ever. Because I love
you!” J
