He dreams of a world where no kid goes hungry. No single mother is left without electricity. No elderly is left abused and alone.
From his charity involvement with Adopt a Grandparent, Twisted Food Trucks (a program that offers free lunches to children in the summertime), and A.C.T.L. (act, care, teach, love), Connor Roe pushes for a better tomorrow by focusing on the issues of today.
He fights the good fight, day in and day out. He’s the definition of a good man, which is why I must say, he’s not only New York’s modern-day gentleman with so much Southern charm—he’s this generation’s superhero. A doer of good. A giver of hope. A masterpiece of human existence.
I know what you’re probably thinking, because I thought it at first, too. He’s too good to be true. There must be a flaw that he holds somewhere within him, and I am here to tell you the facts about that: no flaws detected.
Not. A. Single. One.
Connor Roe is built by faith, powered by love. Every act he creates comes from a genuine place of care and gentleness. Even when he is afraid, his fear is due to his heart being overpowered with love. That isn’t a flaw by any means—that is Roe’s superpower—his power is to love.
If you ever get the chance to cross paths with Connor Roe, he’ll give you love. Even if it’s only for a moment’s time. A flash of love, if you will. He’ll hold the door open for you, and he’ll offer to pay for the coffee cup of the customer behind him. He’ll tell you really bad jokes that make you laugh so hard. He’ll listen to every story you bring to him—even if it’s incohesive. He’ll hug you when you need it, and even when you don’t. He’ll look at you as if you are both the sunrise and sunset.
He’ll be your friend when you have no one to talk to. He’ll be your anchor when you feel as if you’re floating away. He’ll make you smile.
My gosh, will you smile.
That’s the superpower he gives to this world. He creates millions of smiles in a society built on struggles and fears. He cherishes every single person, every single life, and he makes it impossible to not fall head-over-heels in love with him.
By the end of our time together, I am a victim of his powers. I fall, and I fall with ease and confidence, because I know at the end of the day, no matter what, he will catch me.
In his arms, I am safe.
In his arms, I am loved.
And in his arms, I love.
I am overwhelming in love with this superhero of mine.
Connor Roe is many things: a powerful businessman, a from rags-to-riches Cinderella story, and a force to be reckon with in the real estate world. Yet the best thing that he is?
Love.
Connor Roe is love.
Anyone who crosses paths with his love, will never be the same again. I know I won’t.
Connor smiles as he takes another sip of his coffee.
And I cannot help but smile back as I take a sip of my own.
-AW, Senior Editor
She loved me.
The article was submitted after I walked away from her, and still, she loved me.
Loves me.
Present tense.
After reading said article, I took a trip that I knew I had to take. I couldn’t go home and crawl into a bed where Aaliyah hadn’t been any longer. I needed help from someone bigger than me, bigger than the doctors, bigger than life.
“Hi there,” I breathed out lowering myself, down in front of Grant’s tombstone. “I know we’ve only met briefly, but I know how much you mean to Aaliyah, so I figured I should give this conversation a go. Um, she’s not doing too well, Grant,” I said, sniffling as the words left my mouth. Speaking them out loud made it even more real that Aaliyah was suffering. “Our girl’s not in good shape. And I’m fucking terrified. She doesn’t want me near her. She doesn’t want anything to do with me, and I can’t blame her. I knew how much it hurt her to have people walk away, and I was a coward the moment things got hard. The moment things were tough, I was a chickenshit. I can’t take that back, and I can’t change the way I behaved but, you gotta believe me, Grant. I’m sorry for what I did.”
I brushed my thumb against the bridge of my nose. “And I know you don’t own me any favors, and I give you the right to hate me as much as she hates me. But here I am…because I need your help. You’re the closest thing to a father figure that Aaliyah has, so I am here to ask you something very important. You see, once this is over, once Aaliyah comes out on the other side of this, I’m going to ask her to be my wife. I have no doubt that she’s the woman I want beside me for the rest of our time on this planet. No matter how long that might be. Which means, I need her to come out of this, Grant. Even if she hates me for a while, I’m not quitting on this, I’m not quitting on us. I’m staying. Do you hear me? Even when I’m scared, I’m staying.