Why Jeffrey ever stuck around for me I will never understand. If you ask Jeff he would say he doesn't understand why he stuck around either. It sounds awful but it's just the truth. He says he tried to stop caring about me but he just couldn't.
Why did I keep coming back? I'll tell you why I kept coming back. This boy use to dream of holding my hand,
holding my hand y'all, now you can't go wrong with a boy like that. And yet I did things all wrong. We dated briefly when we were
fifteen, if you can call that dating, we didn't go anywhere. We just called it "going out", of course the grown-ups would still tease us because we didn't go anywhere, so by their standards we were "going steady" I guess. I was not use to having a boy be so nice and honest with me and to be truthful I just had
issues. I would pick fights with this poor kid and he would
apologize as if he had done something wrong. I couldn't stand it anymore so I called him up broke up with him, real classy huh. As I hung up the phone I looked at my mother and said "I could marry him someday".
We went our
separate ways dating wise but remand close friends. I should mention that I was Jeff's first girlfriend, how cute is that, not his first wife but his first girlfriend. Anyway things began to change for me when he became interested in another girl at church. This wasn't his first girl since we split however this time it just tore me up inside. I should note that they were "just talking" translation, they weren't steady but liked one another.
I tried to deal with my feelings and then I tried to get her interested in a boy
similar to Jeff and closer to her age but it was to no avail. Above all else I just wanted Jeffrey to be happy, I just left things be, until that night.
Our mutual friend told us about a
concert out in the middle of no where. When I say out in the
middle of no where I truly mean it. It was a very
blaire witch night. The
concert was on some land way back in the woods. I rode with our friend and some other people and Jeff and his girl were to meet us later. Sadly for her, but
luckily for me, she was grounded and everything changed from that night on. When it was time to head home I caught a ride with Jeff. On the way home that night we talked and talked and talked, until I said "how come we are both talking about the same thing but neither one of us is really saying it". I was
referring to that we both thought God intended for us to be together and one day marry and yet we were both dancing around the topic. It changed everything for us. Although I can not recall any more conversations word for word from that night the bubbly
emotions that swell within my chest will never go away.
Two days later we became an item and just two short months later he asked me to be his wife.
I'm so glad he couldn't stop caring.
Gosh, I didn't realize what a herd we were until I got home and looked at pictures of us. (Thanks for taking this picture Elaine, I love it.)
If I had thought about what a great friend Elaine is I would have put more make-up on this morning because I would have known she would be taking a picture of us. Thanks
What a happy little bugger. You can't help but smile when you see that gummy grin.
There was a chocolate exhibit that I truly enjoyed. They had different stations out explaining how it is processed from the bean to the wonderful treat we eat. Caleb got a great science lesson and my kids didn't care at all about the learning but were excited to get the chocolate at the end.
They had a great time playing with the gadgets.
Wanna hear something interesting. M & M's were originally created for U.S. soldiers.
What a cutie
This picture makes me want to lay (lie ?) down in the sun with a great book and waste an entire afternoon, well minus the millions of children that were running around.
