So this is my first blog!
Sooo much has happened this year, I don't know where to start. In 15 more days, Jimmy and I will have our 1st "dating" anniversary. Super excited! Let me tell you when my life began...
I went through this horrific breakup. Completely unexpected. I didn't want to take the chance to have my heart ripped out once again. I stayed away from guys and hung out with friends for a while to keep me occupied from the lonliness within me. I decided to go on a couple of dates months later. Nothing big, no real attraction.
My relationship with God kept growing and growing. I listened to praise and worship countless hours. Over and over again, I hear this add on KLTY. It was a dating service called "Christian Single Adults". About a month later, I decided to check them out online. There was no profile involved, "great first impression" I thought. All it asked for was my name, phone number, address and where I heard about them. I filled it out.
That night I got a call from a girl named Alexis from CSA, asking if she could interview me. She let me understand that there are multiple interviews and IF I wanted to be a memeber, I would have to have a background check, credit check, and put down quite a bit of money. Ouch.
First of all, I didn't think all that effort was important enough because I didn't want anything "serious" EVER EVER EVER again!
That Saturday I had my next interview with Alexis. She asked me sooooooo many questions! From my favorite color to what I did and didn't like about a guy. What my weaknesses were, and what my strengths were. What I did for a living, and what my goals were. What was my favorite food, and least favorite food. She had also previously asked me to do my homework and come up with an entire list of things I am looking for out of someone. I did that.
Background Chech- CHECK
Credit Check- CHECK
Soooo.... I signed up anyways.
Deposit- CHECK
I had the best communication with the girls at CSA. They were extemely caring. Extremely sincere. There are no such words for the type of "customer service" they provided. Just love.
So 2 days later, while I'm at work, I get a phone call from Alexis. She said that she has a match for me, and that she already talked to the guy and sent him my picture and some detailed information of me. The only thing she needed was my approval to give him my phone number. But before anything, she told me about this guy.
She said "This guy is a hunk (in those exact words). He is a firefighter for Fort Worth. He volunteers as a Big Brother and at Cooks Childrens. He is divorced, was married for 7 years. He loves children. He used to play football in college. He went to Baylor University. And I noticed you said you had a weakness for blue eyes. Well, he has amazing blue eyes. Do I have your permission to give him your phone number?"
I was thinking in my head, "What the heck, there's nothing to lose." I politely said "Sure!"
I had completely forgotten about that call! I had alot going on that day. It was the day before Halloween, and I still hadn't gotten Dillon's costume and I still have to finish the day of work!
I got home, walked down the hallway... cell rang. I NEVER EVER answer numbers I don't recognize! What did I do?... I answered it.
It was him! How could I have forgotten?
At that time I had a ring tone on my phone for incoming callers to hear by Mercyme, called "I'll Praise You in this Storm".
I wasn't interested in having a relationship, so I played it safe. We had a great TWO hour conversation. Before we hung up, he asked if I wanted to meet that night. I said "sure".
So I ran some errands, went to Target for Dillon's costume, and met at our meeting place. Barnes and Noble, downtown Fort Worth.
There was a slight mess up at CSA (but I didn't mind), that when they sent me his profile to see what he looked like, they actually sent mine.... to me! lol. So he seen me. I seen me. Wonderful.
I walked in blind-folded.
This tall blonde headed guy immediately caught my attention. He was going up the escalator. I KNEW it was him! He didn't see me. But I saw the BACK of him! ;)
I called him to tell him I was there, asked him if he just went upstairs... sure enough... it was him!
We talked till we closed the place down!
We talked all the way to the parking garage, until we got kicked out for loitering!
We went to the Water gardens and talked still 4AM! This was when I realized how comfortable I was. Our first hug was in the water garden.
He drove me back to my car and talked till 5:30AM!
This was on a week day.
I had a great night, we drove off.
We were already on the phone with one another as we drove different directions. I had forgotten that my car was on E. He told me where to exit to get gas at that time. Montgomery St.
Little did I know, he had turned around.
I just popped the gas-tank as he pulled up.
Because it was still dark, he wanted to make sure I was okay, so he didn't want to leave me alone, until I was safe going home.
That's when I realized there was some sort of unexplainable spark.
In my heart... thereafter... the spark turned into fireworks.
It was love.
Little did I know that the song I had on my phone (I'll Praise You In The Storm) was his song he listened to over and over again during all the pain he encountered with his ex.
He told me one day that when he first had called me, and the song started to play, he actually said aloud.
"God, are you trying to tell me something?"
Guess what? He was.
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