by Catherine Graham

Created on: March 17, 2009

For most of my life, I had never heard of the term soul mate, or put any value to the word. It wasn't until I was unhappily married, and came across a book about soul mates that I realized how special such a person would be in my own life. After reading the book, I put my own plans into action, and started to seek out, what I believed would be the perfect man for me.

Of course, this started with the end of my marriage, but that, in itself is a different story.

The search for my soul mate was exciting. I re-read some of the stories that I had read in the book, Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Lover's Soul, and put into action some of the ideas that I found in the book.

One of the first ideas was to write a list of all of the perfect attributes I would like to meet in a man. My list was compiled of attributes like good with children and gets along well with his mom. Some of the qualities, like enjoys art galleries and cultural events, surprised me as I wrote them down, as they were something I had never experienced, nor had I ever had the urge to do so. And of course, I decided that if I was going to be able to get what I wanted in this process, I would put down must be good looking, and have a nice butt. (Sure, it was vain, but hey, it was my list!)

When I was done with the list, I was to ask my angels, or whatever 'powerful source' I believed in, to make these dreams of mine come true. About a month later, I met a man online, who I connected with instantly. The first night that we spoke, we talked into the wee hours of the night, speaking of our families, our dreams, our hurts and regrets and our happiness. We spoke of religion and art, and discovered that we were a lot alike, with many differences at the same time. The following day, I couldn't get him off my mind. We had made plans the previous night to talk to each other around 9pm, as that was when my children would be in bed. I stared at the clock anxiously all day, awaiting the time when I could finally talk to him again.

At nine o'clock, just as promised, he signed on to his account and we began talking again. Once again, the conversation flowed naturally, and again, we talked into the wee hours of the night. The whole time, a voice in the back of my mind was screaming, this is the one you have been waiting for! This is your soul mate. I was still a little too shy, and a little too reserved to state this out loud to him, as it was a serious statement to make to any man, especially one I had just met less than

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