The Welsh Migrant

Long waiting, desperation to hear back from immigration about the partnership visa we have applied for, in order for him to stay and work in the country. This post has nothing to do with epilepsy but I needed to express my frustration. My partner Jack is an migrant from the United Kingdom in North Wales, he came here four years ago after living in Australia for two years, he wanted to see and experience different parts of the world after living an rural town called Amlwch with barely nothing much surrounding it besides pubs and a few other things, for eighteen years, he packed up and left his home town at the age of nineteen. He came to New Zealand in the end of 2014, where he lived on the south island for an year then came up north to the capital. We met an year after on the 17th April 2016 at an church event here in the capital in New Zealand in an city called Wellington, we fall in love at first sight and he even walked me home that night, our connection grew stronger as we spend hours upon hours together. An mutual friend of ours told him about my epilepsy before I had the chance, Jack pretended not to know when I told him I was so nervous. he told me a couple months later that our mutual friend told him about it, I saw what jack wrote he said and I quote " I don't see Emily any different" that made me fall for him even more. He's seen me in hospital and have many seizures he's always been there for me. In the early stages of our relationship we would go up to an park on the hills where you can see the waterfront and the bight city lights we would lay on the grass looking at the stars while the music played in the background, one of the cutest things he would do is every time we were out he would ask me if my hand was cold just so he could hold my hand as we were walking. We decided on the 28th of April to make it official that we were a couple. People at church judged us for getting into an relationship so soon but never knew that we spend so much time together. Three years many adventures and countries later, we have back in the place I call home, the place I was born and raised, the place that Jack considers it as his home away from home. He wants to stay as he says to me he doesn't want to leave the love of his life, we had an call the both us at the same time a week ago, it went well I thought. But you see that Jack and I have had an break once for a short period of time. Throughout the last seven months we had gone to counselling and it helped us rebuild what we once had and make it ten times better. My family love him like he is part of the family. That shouldn't matter if we had an break it happens in relationships it’s the make or break stage but we got back together we are stronger now and we plan to build an life together. Get married be the future Mrs Emily Ellis (as much as I love my last name Skogstad for its uniqueness and an reminder of my great grandparents who were danish migrants and made New Zealand their home, it gets quite annoying when I have to spell it out all the time) we plan to have kids I want three but we will just have to see. The thing that is on my mind in recent time is all about this visa I worry to much I can't help it. I will continue to be positive and that way good things happen. I'll keep you all posted on any new news.