So….many are asking about my recent change of "status"
Here's the scoop…
In early April of 2007, Billy, a co-worker of Aaron's saw a pic.
on his page (the bro's and me) the header read "Yeah, we're related"…so Billy left a comment saying "no way you ugly guys are related to her" and the little bro's response was …"yeah she's my sister and you can have her if you want her". (Thanks Aaron)
Needless to say, that one tiny comment created an entertaining buzz in the company. Everyone joked he should contact me, his boss (and discipleship leader) teased I was a "no brainer".Our friend Cary even chimed in that I looked like Sandra Bullock (lol-yeah right!)… I was getting it from my side, as Aaron (who vowed to never play matchmaker) made playful comments that he found my "future husband" and that I didn't "get a say in it"…
After all the teasing, and playful tormenting, it was time to end the awkward silence. Attempting to be realistic about the many miles between us, Billy, a California resident, contacted me in the form of a Myspace message* Date: April 12, 2007*Subject line: "Your Brother's Infamous Coworker"*and the contents read a little something like this:
"Hi Jamie - I thought it was about time that I introduced myself. . .since your brother seems bent on marrying you off to me :)…I don't know what he has told you about how this all got started and honestly, I hardly remember. . .but all I know is yesterday the whole company (all 15 of us lol) started bombarding me with questions about you and when I was moving to Texas…It made Aaron's day and my sides hurt from laughing so much…"
JUST A SIDENOTE: I was finally at a place in my life where I was content and satisfied with it being just Jesus and me. I had sat my mom down the week previous, to inform her that I may not ever give her grandchildren, and that she needed to be okay with that. That I was not going to a "meat market" (i.e. singles groups, etc.) to find a man to marry, but would continue on the path planned for my life, and if God had someone for me, He would have to cross our paths Himself.
Who would have thought He would truly do that with a Girl in...Texas and a Guy in...California!!!
The funny myspace & instant messages turned into phone calls...long, lingering phone calls turned into deep, heartfelt conversations...full blown conversations filled with laughter (that hasn't stopped) turned into Billy making a cross-country plane trip to Texas....which turned into my meeting the man my heart was already falling for! God knows me better than I know myself. He gave me a man that not only has everything I asked for, but qualities I didn't even know I wanted…didn't even know I needed!
My heart knew he was perfect for me. Plain and simple. This was the genuine, Christ-like, adventurous man I could find easy to admire for the rest of my life.
I never believed people completed you, (or maybe I did) but did believe God prepares someone as a companion for you, who compliments you in every aspect of life. Billy and I do this for one another, and it is an amazing, crazy, incredible feeling that I can't explain. I say things that sounds so cliche' but it is the most real experience for us. Now I understand what I've heard so many times, when you meet the ONE…you just..."know".
Here's the scoop…
In early April of 2007, Billy, a co-worker of Aaron's saw a pic.
on his page (the bro's and me) the header read "Yeah, we're related"…so Billy left a comment saying "no way you ugly guys are related to her" and the little bro's response was …"yeah she's my sister and you can have her if you want her". (Thanks Aaron)Needless to say, that one tiny comment created an entertaining buzz in the company. Everyone joked he should contact me, his boss (and discipleship leader) teased I was a "no brainer".Our friend Cary even chimed in that I looked like Sandra Bullock (lol-yeah right!)… I was getting it from my side, as Aaron (who vowed to never play matchmaker) made playful comments that he found my "future husband" and that I didn't "get a say in it"…
After all the teasing, and playful tormenting, it was time to end the awkward silence. Attempting to be realistic about the many miles between us, Billy, a California resident, contacted me in the form of a Myspace message* Date: April 12, 2007*Subject line: "Your Brother's Infamous Coworker"*and the contents read a little something like this:
"Hi Jamie - I thought it was about time that I introduced myself. . .since your brother seems bent on marrying you off to me :)…I don't know what he has told you about how this all got started and honestly, I hardly remember. . .but all I know is yesterday the whole company (all 15 of us lol) started bombarding me with questions about you and when I was moving to Texas…It made Aaron's day and my sides hurt from laughing so much…"
JUST A SIDENOTE: I was finally at a place in my life where I was content and satisfied with it being just Jesus and me. I had sat my mom down the week previous, to inform her that I may not ever give her grandchildren, and that she needed to be okay with that. That I was not going to a "meat market" (i.e. singles groups, etc.) to find a man to marry, but would continue on the path planned for my life, and if God had someone for me, He would have to cross our paths Himself.
Who would have thought He would truly do that with a Girl in...Texas and a Guy in...California!!!
The funny myspace & instant messages turned into phone calls...long, lingering phone calls turned into deep, heartfelt conversations...full blown conversations filled with laughter (that hasn't stopped) turned into Billy making a cross-country plane trip to Texas....which turned into my meeting the man my heart was already falling for! God knows me better than I know myself. He gave me a man that not only has everything I asked for, but qualities I didn't even know I wanted…didn't even know I needed!
My heart knew he was perfect for me. Plain and simple. This was the genuine, Christ-like, adventurous man I could find easy to admire for the rest of my life.
I never believed people completed you, (or maybe I did) but did believe God prepares someone as a companion for you, who compliments you in every aspect of life. Billy and I do this for one another, and it is an amazing, crazy, incredible feeling that I can't explain. I say things that sounds so cliche' but it is the most real experience for us. Now I understand what I've heard so many times, when you meet the ONE…you just..."know".
and this is only the beginning of the story...
