"I won't say I'm in love"

Well hello dear friends.

I thought today I would tell you a bit more about Dan and how we met.  Looking back 1 year, 2 years, 5 or 10 my life has changed drastically.  I am 28 and just saw the passing of my ten year high school reunion.  My love life has had its fair share of ups and downs but when I first met Dan I was finally at a point where I think I held my head up with pride and was in no way looking for love.  That's the reason for the title of today's post.  I didn't want to say I was in love with him right away but I knew. 

When we met we spent a week or so of just emailing back and forth.  One email I can recall I wrote at 2AM because I woke up to an email from him and couldn't wait to write back.  We did those wonderful little intro details about family, life and our babies, Daisy and Cash.  Soon I think I finally sent him my phone number and told him to text me.  I got a message the next day as I was getting ready to teach.  I was so excited.  I told him to call that night at 6:00 and on the dot the phone rang.  I remember sitting on my bed feet propped up on the wall talking to him.  I hadn't been this interested in someone in a long, long time.  Soon a week of three hour phone calls turned into him asking me out to lunch.  I agreed and that work week couldn't have gone any slower. 

I had a show to perform right before our date and I can honestly tell you I don't recall the event much because I wanted so badly to spend more time with him.  When I finally got to the restaurant I could have cared less about going to eat and I think we may have had three bites of food.  It was a joy to sit there with him and talk face to face.  Holding his hand was something I couldn't believe and the thought of our first kiss still gives me chills. 

We went for a walk and then down to see a movie but that doesn't seem to be what defined our date.  It was the fact that we finally had someone whom we could talk with and have a great moment with despite all of those people being around.  That was on August 8, 2009.  Now almost 14 months later we are getting ready to celebrate a marriage. 

I recall telling my friends I had met someone.  I was scared to say something because the year prior has been such a roller coaster.  Once I finally let myself fall for him I was beyond joyful.  He is such a caring man.  He looks at the world with a can-do attitude that I so love and he makes me laugh like only a few can. 

I am sure I will tell you more as we go further on but I don't look at Dan as someone who completes me but makes me strive to be better, stronger and I am proud to say I am going to be his wife. 

To be honest he still gives me butterflies.  I hope they never go away.