Good afternoon, dear blog readers! I have been blessed lately by a number of guest bloggers and love learning about their books and stories. I hope you do, too ('cause there's more to come in the coming weeks)!
But I also want to keep in touch with all of you and hear how you are doing. I hope you all are well and pray for you and your families every day.
I also like hearing your stories--and sharing a little of mine. Today, I want to share my love story. As I shared in my monthly newsletter (be sure to subscribe on this page if you want to receive those at the beginning of every month), Kyle and I have been married 35 years and will celebrate 36 this August.
I was one of those nerds in high school who never got asked out and didn't go to prom (so devastating at the time but I can't really hardly remember the feeling any more, time can heal many wounds). In college, I started dating--finally found some guys who weren't intimidated by my intelligence and didn't know anything about my family or poverty or lack of popularity in elementary school. My first semester was great--flitting around from party to party. My second semester, I settled down a bit.
As a sophomore, I was asked to represent my college at the Independent Colleges of Virginia Scholars symposium. It was really just a cool way to meet more smart people and socialize. Kyle was a senior and represented the Virginia Military Institute. We were on the leadership committee and helped plan events, but didn't speak until the first social. The group attended a speech by President Gerald Ford and then a wine and cheese at Washington and Lee.
I actually talked to another gentleman before Kyle came over. We exchanged phone numbers on napkins (no such things as cell phones) and both saved them--still have them. He called me on the hall phone (again, no cell phones) and we started dating.
He left that party and told his roommate that he'd met the woman he was going to marry.
I was a little harder to convince, but he did and I said I do three years later--after dating for his senior year and then writing letter after letter while he was in the Army and I finished school. He drove hours from Ft. Benning, GA after jumping out of a perfectly good airplane and threw rocks at my dorm window (got the wrong floor) and flew from Texas and Kansas as he went from Ft. Bliss and Ft. Riley, steady and good.
Matthew 19:6 ESV "So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
Share a little of your love stories below? I will randomly choose a name next week to enjoy a sweet romance...
Congratulations #fcbc Enjoy
Ahhhh, I'm single and not really looking right now because I have plenty of time, but I'm definitely still a romantic!
I can so remember when My late Husband and I meet he always told his Best Friend he would marry me someday! And sure enough 4 years later we said I do we had been married 35 years when he gained his Angel Wings! We have 5 Adult children and 15 grandchildren, and 6 great grandchildren! They keep this Ole Mamaw Busy but I would not have it any other way! Happy Valentine's Day!
My sister’s boyfriend was in the army, and she had pictures of him she wanted to show his best friend. We stopped by a pool hall where this best friend was playing pool after work, and I thought he was so handsome! The next week he called and asked me out. Last year we celebrated 26 years of marriage. My sister married that boyfriend, so it’s pretty neat to be married to best friends. 😁
My sister-in-law (married to my brother) attempted to fix me up with her co-worker 2 times while I was in college but the timing never worked. Shortly after graduating college, the timing was good and the rest is history. We got married 1 week after SIL's birthday.