No one seemed to look long enough to find my heart. They just saw me as damaged goods.
But Callahan was different. Even without sight, he saw me.
***
On our first date, I looked down at the diner table and said, « I should tell you something, Callie. I don’t look like other women. »
He smiled and reached for my hand across the booth. « Good! I’ve never loved ordinary things. »
I laughed so hard that I nearly cried. That should have warned me.
Even without sight, he saw me.
By the time Lorie placed my hand in his at the altar, all those sweet memories had me in tears.
Callahan stood with Buddy beside him in a black bow tie that one of his students had insisted on picking out. Those same students were supposed to play a love song when I came down the aisle. What they produced was a brave, uneven version of one, full of missed notes and fierce effort. It was terrible in the sweetest possible way.
When the pastor asked whether I took Callahan as my husband, I said yes before he finished.
