Our Story Continued...

The next few days after the phone call I must say; I did wonder if I would ever hear from this mysterious Military Officer. I prayed about it and left it up to God and let it go. About a week after the telephone introduction I went to my computer, pulled up my email and guess what…I had mail! I had an email from the Missouri boy! It was short and simple. In a nut shell he said that it was nice talking to me, said he hoped that I was doing well and hoped to talk with me again. I responded that it was nice talking to him as well and told him that I looked forward to hearing from him. I will admit, when I saw his name in my “in box”, I smiled a big smile and had butterflies in my tummy.

A couple days later I got another email from him. Again, not a long email but he was breaking the ice and it was just simple chatting. I emailed back of course. After another email or so I remember telling Amy and Sandra that I was not so sure I wanted him to contact me. I said, “He lives in MISSOURI! What? What if he calls me, what if he is the one? I’m not moving to Missouri!” I’ll never forget them saying…Ok, so what if he is “the one”? Isn’t that what you’ve been praying for, “the one”? Ok, they had me! (I’m sure I have blogged about the prayer I prayed for a long time…Lord, Please send Your man in Your time. Bring us together when he’s ready, I’m ready and you’re ready. Prepare our hearts for each other and give us peace.) So yep, I prayed for the one and God sent him to me. How else would a boy raised in Missouri who has spent the last 19 years moving about with the Army meet a girl from a small Georgia town? Only God!

The emails got longer and much more frequent…like daily and sometimes more than one a day. We then advanced to IM’ing. Larry knows this now but he didn’t back then but…Connie was IMing with me and him…I knew but he didn’t. It was SO funny…and hard to keep up with. My computer was beeping constantly! She was telling me what he was saying. HA! I felt like I was back in high school, you know where friends tell you who they like and you pass messages and phone numbers. Connie and I had a blast with that. Of course that was just at first. Larry and I would IM until late at night. Then one night he IM’d a question…Would you mind if I call you and if not can I have your number? My heart sank to my stomach and I typed…Yes followed by my home phone number. My phone rang within a couple minutes. I said “hello” and on the other end I heard, “Hi Kim, this is Larry; it’s great to talk to you”. That night, both of our lives began to change and neither of us knew just exactly what that phone call would mean. Three hours later, Larry thanked me for allowing him to call me. We hung up and I felt peace fall over me.

Until Next Time……