In the spring of 2004, I was in my first year of Vet Tech School at a Junior College, Dave was in his 1st year of Culinary School at the same Junior College. It's funny, because I was a very active student leader in our schools Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Chapter, and Dave was a very not so Christian student who happened to have his life turned upside down one weekend and gave his life to Christ. Shortly after, our Intervarsity leader was telling me about these two guys who had just given their life to Jesus and was super excited about it. I thought it was cool, but I also really wasn't that intrigued by the news. The next week these same two guys showed up at our weekly meeting. I actually wasn't attracted to Dave at all when I met him...in fact I tried to get him to change his major to become a vet tech instead of a chef....I think I did that cause I actually thought he was intrigued enough by my degree that he really was interested in it when in reality...he was just being nice!
A few weeks go by and I start hanging out with Dave and his friend more and more cause they live in the same apartment complex I do. His friend had told me that Dave liked me but I thought it was dumb, I wasn't attracted to him at all, and liked someone else at the time so I really wasn't thinking about trying to like someone else. Well one night my friend was talking to me about not wanting to go to a wedding alone and I was like "I know just the guy! Dave is so nice. He will go with you!"....the minute it came out of my mouth I regretted it. Knew I was jealous and didn't want him to be going anywhere with another girl at all....and thus was the first time I admitted that I actually liked him. We did talk about it quite a bit after that, but as a new christian he had given 6 months of his life to just focus on God and didn't want to date anyone yet. 6 months? Seriously? That sucks! Besides it was March....summer would be coming soon and then we would be apart for awhile cause I was going to Maryland on an internship that year.
Summer came and I left for my internship. I made up some lame excuse about needing a microwave for my apartment that I would be staying at while in Maryland and needing to borrow someones, just so I could see Dave one last time before I left for the summer. We hardly talked that summer. I called a few times and he never returned my calls. I was really sad. Thought he didn't like me anymore. Wondered why he didn't want to talk to me. Although later I would come to realize how much time I needed to myself with God to grow that summer. To let go of my fear of commitment in relationships and trust God with my future and someday a potential husband. I remember being there and being afraid of what I would come home to, fearing that Dave would be breaking my heart cause he would have moved on, and God just broke me....He reminded me that I couldn't just run away from love my whole life. What is life without love? Would I really want to get to the end of my life and have never really loved at all cause I was afraid of it?
Upon returning back home, I decided a phone call was in order in order to return "said needed microwave."....I really did need it...but I am sure I emphasized the need more than necessary just to see Dave. We met up after I moved back in for school so I could return it. When I got there it was as if nothing had changed. He hugged me and it felt good. It was so wonderful to see him again and he wasn't mad at all. Wasn't angry. Was just him. Nice, sweet, Dave. Around labor day weekend he went with me to the beach with my family and on the way home we had a good talk about where we stood. I left that day knowing we still liked each other but not sure what would happen once his hiatus was over with. Well 2 days after his hiatus ended September 12th, 2004....Dave asked me to be his girlfriend. He had actually asked me the day before if I wanted to hang out, and I thought he was asking me out but really didn't bluntly say it. So the next day he called me and clarified. Of course I said yes and we've been together ever since!
On November 26th, 2005 Dave asked me to marry him and 7 months later (July 8th, 2006) we got married!
It's been an amazing journey doing life with Dave thus far. God has blessed me so much with an incredibly hard working husband, and on April 3rd, 2011 we welcomed our first born Abigail. I never knew I had more room in my heart to love until I became a mother. She brings me so much joy! Who knows where the rest of this crazy life will take us, but we do know this...we desire with our whole hearts to be obedient to God's will for our lives...no matter how crazy that may be!
