I thought I’d be alone forever – at 51 I’m getting married

She looked into my eyes with a certainty that terrified and thrilled me all at once (Picture: Danielle Bauter)‘It’s always been you’, my partner Luna said as she carefully dropped to one knee in the centre of the boat we rented that day.We were drifting through the canals of Naples, California.  The sun was setting and the scene was picturesque.‘Will you marry me?’She looked into my eyes with a certainty that terrified and thrilled me all at once. I thoug