ITALIA...note 6

ahhhhh Italy. well my time in Italy was only intended for me to teach and learn from those amazing people and that is just what i did. No dating. it was a nice break to not have to worry about it all. I did have a couple proposals from Mario and Luigi (YES... THE super mario brothers...ha ha) but probably just because i was a young american girl there full of happiness and smiles. but really nothing of consequence in regards to dating happened in Italy except for a few whistles every once in awhile. i do remember one occasion. As we were leaving our house there was atleast a dozen sailors standing outside our door(We lived right on a main street by the ocean with all the ports) well of coarse they have to whistle and hiss at us...i mean seriously but this time i had enough. i walked right up to them and gave them a piece of my mind! i looked at them and said "what are you all starring at!" granted it was all in english and they all just stood there with a "this girl is crazy" look but atleast i said what i needed to say....i only wish that my italian would have been better at the time....but maybe it is better that it wasn't. I do tend to put my foot in my mouth too often when i am speaking in a language i am comfortable with. ha ha But really while in Italy i did met one of the greatest american friends i will ever know. he was tall and whitty but acted like a 40 year old in a 20 year old body...ha ha seriously, he was incredible. he too was there to teach and learn from the italian people. we were previlidged to be able to be in the same area doing service for about 6 months. so for those 6 months we began to build a friendship. Keep in mind we were NOT there to do anything more but teach. HE was able to turn my heart towards a different kind of love, the kind i referred to with Mr. canada . HE changed my outlook on having a good attitude. Sometimes it was hard being there feeling rejected by the people BUT his humor and positivity really got us through those moments. HE encouraged and Counciled. HE was honest and never compromised what he believed or knew to be right. A year or so later after Italy, it between some of my break ups with MR. FOREVER we had a couple encounters in Utah. Kind of like the ones that Mr. Florida and i had, you know the ones where you just have to "see" if there are any feelings but there aren't. In the end it was just our times in Italy that meant something to us. We do still speak today and he will remain someone who has changed my life for the better.He is married happily to a woman you fits him perfectly. so yet again he was just another experience to teach me exactly what i needed to know for the next one that would come and for who i am today. Thank you MR. ITALIA