Anna Stagliano - A Love Story

The most common question Anna would ask me when we first met is, "Are you going to fade out?" Sometimes she would rephrase it such as, "Will you be like this forever..." Basically, as in any relationship, the inner voice in our brain asks, "Is this too good to be true?" I thought the same thing at times looking back. True love is based on effortless love for one another. We both had "fadeouts" in our past. By that, I mean that feeling you get when you hope for the best, and unfortunately, the person is not who they say they are in the beginning. Good intentions are not the foundation for true love. The actions of an individual should be organic and without thoughts or planning. It is the foundation when you wake up in the morning, your first thought is about your true love. You also end your day thinking about your boo.... Sprinkled in between the start and end of your day are kind loving thoughts of the person you fell in love with. Some tell-ta...

Kismet is a fancy way of describing your fate. I realized right away that Anna was my destiny. How, you might ask did I know? Well, I realized that I am a lot for someone to handle long before I met Anna. And I am a bit picky and old-fashioned at times. I started to get comfortable with being single for the rest of my life. Fate and destiny had a different plan for me. When I met Anna, I realized that our love was unique. She loved and embraced who I am as a person. I was not used to that. In fact, I would fade out of past relationships because I felt like people did not understand me. Anna on the other hand did understand me and loved me for who I am. KISMET is something I thought I would never have in a relationship. Along comes the love of my life Anna Stagliano and fate and destiny had a different plan for me. 

Living apart for an extended period takes creative measures to show the other person that you love them. One of my earliest habits that has lasted over 6 months is as follows. When we are apart, I end every night with a song dedicated to Anna. It is a small gesture that has brought about many warm memories. Some nights, I have dedicated songs that Anna recently listened to or thought of at some point. This speaks to KISMET or Intuit someone can lead to amazing experiences even from a distance.  Some of our song titles have ranged from many genres of music. I usually take the day to think of a song that fits my ever-growing love for Anna. The range can be from the 1950s to the present regarding the artists I have chosen for Anna.  Lastly, my favorite artist is Phil Collins/Genesis. I occasionally choose a song from my favorite artist because it is special. It is my way of sharing something that brings me joy. Over the past 40 years, I have loved some of the songs for their dee...

During our first 6 weeks, strange events would unfold that brought us closer together. At first, it was the typical thing that can happen in a relationship. Finishing each other's sentences, finding out we have similar likes, and learning about what we have in common. However, something special would develop that I/We never experienced before. We would soon learn we have intuitive love. The kind of love that goes beyond the day-to-day coincidences or happenings. We had very real events that went beyond the world we currently live in. It all started one night when we were sleeping. I believe it was the second week we were together. I had a dream after we hung up around 2 AM. I would call Anna and for some reason felt like I needed to share with her my dream. Anna would be stunned by the fact that she at the very same time had the same dream as I had. When I say the same dream, we literally shared our love together in our sleep 400 miles apart from each other.  Similar events would g...

Have you ever wanted to meet somebody that you were enamored with on Facebook? Well, that's me. And this is my story about meeting the love of my life. It all started with a slow confidence-building process for myself.  I have admired Anna from afar for many months. Then one day, I reached out out to her with a question. "Hey, if I ever come to Pittsburgh, would you like to get coffee of something...." And she replied..."What took you so long? That response was so amazing, it will always stick with me forever. My confidence would slowly build up and I finally asked her out vis Messenger. We quickly realized it would not be easy being so far apart, however we decided to take a chance. Anna has high standards and wanted us to wait six weeks to get to know each other. I being like a typical male wanted to meet right away. She was correct and the first 6 weeks solidified our love. We would talk every night into the early morning hours daily. We had virtual dates on the w...