Jessi and James found each other randomly on a photo-sharing website, Flickr.com, back in November of 2006. They started out as friends, chatting online in Flickr communities and through IM. After several months they began talking on the phone as well. Somewhere along the way they fell in love. Neither one was 'looking for love' or could tell you when or how it happened. But, thankfully, it did.
One major obstacle to their romance is the 1400 miles separating them. And to further complicate things, Jessi lives in Canada, James in the US. Nobody said love was simple.
In July 07, James took a two week vacation to go to Canada and meet Jessi face to face. Things went wonderfully. Now that they truly know what they are missing, being apart is that much more difficult and painful.
At the beginning of August, Jessi took a 19 hr bus ride to North Dakota and James drove 10 hrs to pick her up. She spent the rest of the month in Kansas. It was even better than the trip to Canada. Not being together isn't even an option anymore.
Instead of sending Jessi back to Canada on the bus, we drove all the way back to her hometown. We loaded up some more of her stuff, visited with her family and friends for a couple days and then headed back to the US. Jessi is planning to stay here for a few months while we figure out the whole visa process. Immigration is a long, paper ridden process. But, we are together for now, and that is a wonderful thing!
