KarMel
Scholarship 2008
|
Personal
Story “Jill
and Kate” By Anonymous |
Desciption of Submission: “I describe the generalizations of a relationship
with the tingling, excitement, etc. I then bring up my friends Jill & Kate
who were recently married. I explain the impact of their relationship on me.” -
Anonymous
|
It
looks like the everyday battle in which we all engage in order to find that
one special person. We all go through the dating experience. We feel that
excitement as a tingling in our stomachs. We get a grin ear to ear when their
name is mentioned. The person enters our thoughts and doesn’t leave. Then the
honeymoon period fades away and we begin to fight. We learn all of their
little habits that drive us crazy. Sometimes the relationship does not
survive past this point. However, other times it does. I
look at my friend who was recently married. The wedding was beautiful and
full of love. They are comfortable with each other. They have been together
for ten years and go through the normal ups and downs. When you are around
them you know they love each other; not just the romanticized ideal of the
other one. It is the down to earth deep rooted bond that makes you believe in
love and gives you hope that you can one day find that too. It just happens
to be a relationship between two women. Does
it look especially different to me because it is a lesbian relationship? No.
I do not define a relationship in gay or straight terms. I do not
characterize a relationship based on those conditions. In my opinion, to
separate the relationships into gay and straight categories creates a pathway
for segregation when there is no need for that. Some people fall in love with
short people, others go for jerks, and others fall for the shy people. Jill
fell in love with a kind yet sarcastic person—who just happens to be a woman.
Because
of Jill & Kate I believe in love. When my cynicism overtakes me and I give up hope I turn my thoughts to them. I do
fear that I will never have the bond the share. But, the optimism and comfort
I experience overtakes that fear. They have true love and who doesn’t want to
be around that? |