The future

I am coming out of a failed marriage and I was honestly stuck on the fact that we would just stay together because it was the norm and it was what we were used to. When lockdown happened I was worried that our mental health would be greatly affected, but it was about to change.
In December I had a work Christmas party and spoke to someone that I have worked closely with. We got on like a house on fire and eventually she asked me for my phone number. 
We messaged occasionally, sending memes or funny videos that we thought would brighten up the days. When lockdown happened, she went home to her parents in Germany and I was back at home in England. 
We ended up creating 'vlogs' for each other to try and get through the negativity of lockdown. These would be 2-3 minute videos of how our days were going or funny things we had seen during that day.
These short vlogs turned into 10 minute masterpieces of joking, laughing and our plans for not only the evening ahead, but our aspirations and what our values are.
We spent months going back and forth, learning about each others lives through video and voice messages and when she eventually came back to London we met up and the spark was more alive than ever. 
My marriage has failed and this is something me and my wife have accepted... But at a time when I thought I could never find love again, 10 months of lockdown ups and downs; meeting up and experiencing the highs of a new relationship; and believing that I can be happy again has proven fate right. Me and this girl have found a flat together and we plan to move in together in January. 
We are obsessed with each other now and I couldn't be happier. We have spoken about future holidays, meeting parents and all sorts of other things.
I genuinely feel that without lockdown we would not have got as close as we are now and I'm finally excited about my future and what it holds for us :)