As of yesterday, there are only ninety days to go until my wedding! I am going to be a Welch! I am going to use this blog to document and update what I am doing the last three months of my unwed life! To start, I will tell you the story of how Norman and I met.
Norman and I first met about seven years ago. He was a junior in high school and I was in the eight grade. Each of our youth groups teamed up for a youth retreat. When I first saw him I thought he was really cute and had a pathetic middle school crush on him, but since he was so much older, we were just friends. Just after my freshman year of high school we got to go on a mission trip together and I still really liked him and it was beginning to drive me insane. So, I decided to tell him. When I finally did, HE TURNED ME AWAY :0! To be honest though, I was not shocked, although I was a little disappointed. I was glad to at least have gotten it off my chest.
Even though we were not dating, we continued to be friends and he went to my sophomore homecoming with me. To say the least, it was a bit awkward, but hey he still went with me. About seven months go by after my confession to him and I am finally starting to get over my disappointment (pathetic. yes I know :). One day at church Norman tells me he needs to talk to me after church. I did not know what to do! "Did I do something wrong?" "Was I in trouble?” When he finally did get to speak to me, he let me know that he had made a mistake and I quote "would like to pursue a relationship with me". I think I freaked him out because I just gave him a blank stare. Seven months of fighting disappointment and now this!? However, I accepted the offer to go on date, only after we had received our pastor's blessing.
About two weeks later we went on our first date. Wendy's and Family Fun Center. It was a particularly classy night filled with double cheeseburgers and video games. When he was driving me home that night he told me we were going to stop at a park or something. We drove around a little aimlessly, until we came upon an empty parking lot at a recently closed grocery store. He parked on the side of the building and got out of the car. It was below freezing and snowing and he around and asked me to get out of the car. I was a little freaked out to be honest. Then I heard a song start playing softly in the background (May I have this Dance). He explained to me that he did not feel he was a very good date to my homecoming, being that he did not speak much the entire night (like I said, it was an awkward night).So, he was making it up to me by asking me to dance. It was so sweet! I went home and balled my eyes out for an hour. I felt so loved! I had never had someone treat me so nice.
Four and a half years later, after many trials and opposition, he proposed to me in that same parking lot to the same song. I have never been more excited in my life. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful, caring man in my life! I can't wait to call him my husband!
Norman and I first met about seven years ago. He was a junior in high school and I was in the eight grade. Each of our youth groups teamed up for a youth retreat. When I first saw him I thought he was really cute and had a pathetic middle school crush on him, but since he was so much older, we were just friends. Just after my freshman year of high school we got to go on a mission trip together and I still really liked him and it was beginning to drive me insane. So, I decided to tell him. When I finally did, HE TURNED ME AWAY :0! To be honest though, I was not shocked, although I was a little disappointed. I was glad to at least have gotten it off my chest.
Even though we were not dating, we continued to be friends and he went to my sophomore homecoming with me. To say the least, it was a bit awkward, but hey he still went with me. About seven months go by after my confession to him and I am finally starting to get over my disappointment (pathetic. yes I know :). One day at church Norman tells me he needs to talk to me after church. I did not know what to do! "Did I do something wrong?" "Was I in trouble?” When he finally did get to speak to me, he let me know that he had made a mistake and I quote "would like to pursue a relationship with me". I think I freaked him out because I just gave him a blank stare. Seven months of fighting disappointment and now this!? However, I accepted the offer to go on date, only after we had received our pastor's blessing.
About two weeks later we went on our first date. Wendy's and Family Fun Center. It was a particularly classy night filled with double cheeseburgers and video games. When he was driving me home that night he told me we were going to stop at a park or something. We drove around a little aimlessly, until we came upon an empty parking lot at a recently closed grocery store. He parked on the side of the building and got out of the car. It was below freezing and snowing and he around and asked me to get out of the car. I was a little freaked out to be honest. Then I heard a song start playing softly in the background (May I have this Dance). He explained to me that he did not feel he was a very good date to my homecoming, being that he did not speak much the entire night (like I said, it was an awkward night).So, he was making it up to me by asking me to dance. It was so sweet! I went home and balled my eyes out for an hour. I felt so loved! I had never had someone treat me so nice.
Four and a half years later, after many trials and opposition, he proposed to me in that same parking lot to the same song. I have never been more excited in my life. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful, caring man in my life! I can't wait to call him my husband!
