Since my last post was about our son and his beginning, I thought it might be nice to share "our beginning"....my husband and me.
Forty years ago tonight I was most likely sitting in my bedroom thinking about how I could possibly get out of a blind date that was the next evening. I am sure if you ask him, he was doing the same thing. A friend and I both had tickets to Six Flags Over Georgia Park. The guy I had invited wasn't able to go, so in my mind that was that. Not so with my friend, she called me midweek to say she had asked her boyfriend to find me a date. What! No way, I told her. She said "it's too late, he's already asked him." I later learned he first thought a bunch of guys were going. SO we were both hoodwinked!
After thinking of everything I could to weasel out, I decided heck it is just one night, and it is Six Flags so how bad could this be! So, we went to Six Flags on that Friday night - my friend, her boyfriend, his friend and me. We really hit it off and had a great evening together. He was very shy and quiet, me not so much! We rode practically every ride at the park and I later learned he was afraid of heights, but did not want to say anything! When the date was over he asked for my number - and I gave it to him. He wanted to take me out the next night, BUT my friends and I had tickets to see Elvis in concert at the Omni in Atlanta! Told you it was 40 years ago.
So, I told him he could come to my house the day after and he did. That was a Sunday and my mom and dad were making homemade peach ice cream and I had invited another couple over (just in case the conversation dragged). He would not even eat any ice cream - my mom practically stood on her head to get him to try it and no go. He admitted later that he wanted some so bad but was too shy to get it! Go figure.
We never went out with another person after that weekend. Can you believe that? Fast forward to our wedding...but don't go too fast or you may miss it. He proposed five months after we met, we got officially engaged (with the ring) in January and married one year to the day of our blind date.
Yep, thirty nine years ago tonight I was getting ready for our Rehearsal and Dinner. Tomorrow is our anniversary and I wonder what in the world became of that shy boy and the girl who dreaded a blind date! I see as I look back that God placed us together. That he was the only one for me and God had to use a friend who would not take no for an answer to do it! Funny how He does that.
Our lives have been blessed and I am so happy we took that leap all those years ago. And he isn't quite so shy anymore. When my mom cooks he always eats, and when he doesn't want to go on a ride because of the height - I just ride it by myself.
