Ella Speaks
Ella wrote this in the comments to my earlier post about her. I wanted to put them up here on the front page.
Gabby is right - I am a very fortunate girl. Readers of this blog will know that Marx is intelligent, thoughtful, and articulate - how come she gone all mushy on you?
Right from the start there were subtle signs that knowing Marx was gonna be different : like when she left her calling card, a 10-metre rotating cube emblazoned with the words “Marx Thinx Jewella Roxx”; or the time I impulsively called her “my love” and immediately felt self-compelled to write and explain at length that I didn’t mean the “my” in any possessive sense.
So we fell in love and got partnered, what’s the big deal? Two things really:
It signifies to each other and to everyone else the remarkable sense of togetherness that we feel. It acknowledges the truth of the situation, it is a public declaration of private and personal joy.
And it is significant - I’ve loved and been loved before (the same as most of us) but partnership was something I’d done my best to avoid - it just wasn’t on my list. But that morning, as soon as I realised where her words were going, there was suddenly nothing in the world I wanted more.
I’m exceptionally proud that she asked me, and what is truly wonderful is that we only just beginning - we got a whole future to construct.
Now you know a little bit of why I love her so much. 