Pick Me Up!

GIFT OF LOVE

Settling down on the sofa as the familiar Emmerdale theme music played, I snuggled up to my boyfriend Graham.

He’d never really been into soaps – but I was a big fan, and since I’d moved in with him in May 2018, he’d got more into it than I was!

‘Quick, Sam!’ he’d call if I wasn’t ready. ‘Emmerdale’s starting!’

But that night, as the show went into its ad break, Graham placed his phone on my lap.

‘What’s this?’ I asked, picking it up and looking at a resort in Turkey.

‘We’re going on holiday,’ Graham smiled.

I was shocked – it was such a thoughtful surprise.

But that was Graham all over. We’d been together since February 2017, after meeting online, and straight away I knew he was special.

Having been on my own for 10 years, I wasn’t looking for love. But Graham was so kind and thoughtful, I just fell for him.

Just two weeks later, in September 2018, we’d packed our bags and flown from

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