July, the middle of the summer! And this also means that we have now already had more than half of the year. Where, oh where, has it gone? I certainly do not feel as though more than 6 months have passed! July also for us means our 2nd "RL" (the 1st time we saw each other in the flesh) anniversary!..It seems incredible that we have been together now for two years! But in that time our relationship has strengthend and grown to what it is now...a good solid, loving relationship!

At the end of June I was so fortunate as to meet "Tara" from my stories in February. She has come to Holland not only to spend the summer vacation with her beloved, but also to find out what sort of a country we have here, before she makes the final decision to move here, hopefully she says in the summer of 1999! Tara, I hope that you like my adopted country and that you shall find all the happiness that you deserve.

Also in June I had the great pleasure to hear about a wedding that has happened between another of my contributors. Back in May I published the story of Angel, well I had the happiest of all emails to tell me that they were tying the knot on the 27th of June. We would love to have attended the wedding, but previous commitments made this impossible. But never fear, we are booked to fly to the United Kingdom and then sail to the Isle of Man on the 24th of July. So we shall have a bit of a belated wedding celebration when we are there!..Looking forward to this so much. As soon as I have the photo's of the wedding I shall be adding them to these pages.

One of the stories this month, "Jim", I have split into 3 parts. It is a lovely story given in a diary version. I am sure that it will keep you as spellbound over the next 2 months as it did me the 1st time I read it. Now for the stories that I have selected for July, again a lovely cross- section of "Love...it CAN happen on the Net"....I think you will enjoy them as much as I have had selecting them...enjoy