KF picked me up at 8:30 PM today, after a barre class with the Health Promotion Office at Barre3 in Rosemont Square. We went to Honeygrow for dinner. We didn’t dine in – we took it back to my place. While we were waiting for our order, I asked KF how his day was. He shared with me that he did a lot of 3D printing since he worked from home today. “Why?” I asked him again. “Because I want to come to Villanova early to catch you before all your events, but you were busy.”
I immediately looked back at the message that he sent to me earlier today at 5:45 PM. I responded to his “wyd” text that I was in a consulting event. After that, he didn’t respond and just kept quiet, until I texted him at around 8:30 that I was done and he just zoomed to Rosemont to pick me up. Little did I know, he was already at school at 5:45 PM, waiting for me. I wished he let me know that he was there, so I could reorganize my schedule to make room for him, or maybe I should be more alert so I can guess that he was at school early as a surprise.
This was not the first time KF has done this. A few months ago, he also waited for me in the Idea Lab without telling me and just texted me back and forth. I was completely oblivious to that and was taking my sweet time doing all kinds of tasks. By the time I finally met him, he was about to leave because a 3-hour wait was too long and he had other places to be.
At those moments when I found out about the wait, I usually got mad and confused why he never told me about his visits. He knew I don’t like random visits. However, now that I think of it, I see how much he cares about me. If I have to find an image to describe his love, I would use a stream, because a stream not only flows continuously and consistently but also quietly brings so many benefits to those whose lives are based on it. No matter how unstable and unpredictable I am, KF always shows that he wants the best for me. He doesn’t mind waiting for me because he respects what I was doing and he wants to support me as much as he can. I think it takes a very big heart to do this again and again. I’m very thankful for all that from KF.
KF pondering on the new HoneyGrow arts on their takeout boxes
Trang "Tee" Nguyen 