8 months &
1 day ago...
...these 3 laid on my bed & dressed me, prepped me, hugged me and sent me on my way to Atlanta for what I thought would be a night of drinks, dinner and catching up with a certain red head I hadn't laid eyes on since the Sigma Chi house at Georgia Tech in 1993.
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| The Clems |
6 days ago...
that certain red head asked me to spend the rest of my life with him.
JT asked me when I knew I loved him. I didn't have one single lightning flash of a moment, however; I knew the minute I got in my car leaving him from our first "date" that God had opened my heart to love again. I am not a fan of living in the past because I once lived there too long and the environment didn't suit me too well. I do think it's worth sharing what I heard a couple of Sundays ago in church, "Our past doesn't define us, it refines us." I am feeling pretty refined these days.
I asked JT when he knew that he loved me.
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| Hand drawn photo of my Grandparents house Forsyth, GA |
I knew from that moment that "he got me and I got him." It is the single most special gift I have ever received from someone, especially considering JT never got to meet my Nannie & Granddaddy. My entire childhood is wrapped up in that house -- fields of pecans, swings, kitty cats, gardening, fried chicken, chocolate pudding and pure southern love.
We don't have a map for life and sometimes it's very easy to get turned around and go in different directions. During the 3 years, 8 months and 1 day that we've been together we've experienced many directions in our lives....a death, a wedding and 2 sweet babies being born in JT's family, the major heart surgery of my Dad, the hospitalization of my Mom, the loss of 2 pets, the loss of a friendship, the harsh reality that not everyone "gets" us, the sweet surprise that so many people are genuinely happy for us.
There's no one I'd rather sit on a porch with, drink coffee with, vacation with, grieve with, laugh with, cook with, argue with, make up with and live with. It's a good thing people. Second chances are a good thing!
Ginger,
You are my Plan "A" because there will not be a Plan "B"
I love you
