Our Story Continued...Waiting to Meet

Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk….we talked everyday…many times a day. I’ve no idea the hours we spent on the phone and IM’ing on Yahoo. By now, we knew each other pretty darn well! We had talked about so much and shared so much of our lives; past and present. If you’ve ever IMed on Yahoo you know they have the characters that make comments and/or sounds. We used the snowman a lot…He said, “You make my heart melt”. The first time he sent that one I smiled really really BIG. The first time he sent the big lips that make kissing sounds…I got tingles from the top of my head to my pinky toe. (FYI…I’m smiling now!)

Remember I told you that we were planning to meet soon. So…by now my family, friends and co-workers knew that we were planning to meet in PERSON. They were concerned but I don’t blame any of them. After all, I was planning to meet someone who was a “stranger” to them but we had talked so much that we were no longer strangers.

When I told my brother I was going to meet Larry in Charlotte, NC, he had a blank look. He is not one to show emotion but I know he was screaming on the inside saying “WHAT”! I could see it. Ha. Then there was my Momma, now that was interesting. She was actually better than I had prepared myself for her to be. Of course I knew that as soon as I hung up the phone with her she would call her sister, my Aunt Jean, and they would “discuss it” a little different than they would with me. (I’m laughing as I’m typing!) Oh to have been a fly on the wall for that conversation. So I guess your wondering what she said to me. She said that of course she was a little concerned since she did not know him but she trust my judgment. She said that she knew I had really prayed about this relationship and she knew I would make the right decision. (More about Momma and Aunt Jean later)

My friends…that’s funny too! They were excited for me to meet him because he did sound great but they were very very very very nervous. They were afraid that I would not return back to GA and they would go looking for me and find me in pieces in the trunk of my car. We joked a lot about watching his bags for plastic and shovels. Ha!

So back in 2005, you know some of the conversations I had with my friends and family. The anniversary of our first meeting is coming soon.