Exactly 4 years ago tonight, I was packing a bag getting ready to leave the next morning to meet Michael in Charlotte. (Reminder, he was flying in from Korea and tried to get his lay over in Atl. But no such luck.) I was super excited. I was asked over and over, “Are you nervous?” Hmmm, I really wasn’t. I knew that when I woke the next day that might change but at that moment, I was just excited.
I talked to my Momma earlier that day and she was a little more nervous than she was when I first told her that I would be meeting Larry. She reassured me that she trust my judgment but as a Mom, she could not help but worry a little.
With him being in Korea at this point, I had not had contact with him via email or phone in over 24 hours due to the time difference and him preparing to leave. Amy, Sandra, Susan and Christy-not at the same time- asked me, “Are you sure he will show up? How can you be sure he will be there?” My answer was that I just know. Don’t get me wrong, they were not ‘against’ us meeting, just curious and concerned.
As I said in an earlier blog, they were teasing me about not wanting to find me wrapped in plastic and stuffed in my trunk. Amy kept saying you call me after you pick him up at the airport…and at dinner…and before you go to sleep…and in the morning…etc. I said ok, I have barely 24 hours with him…no calls. Then I agreed to call a couple times…maybe. Ha!
As I’ve said before, by that point Larry and I had talked more hours than I can count and we were getting so close. I was asked by my friends if I was starting to love him. I already knew that there was something different about our relationship. I just felt that we were truly friends and I knew that he was a special person. We were great friends and I had a different feeling inside. I felt that I was falling in love with him. I know I know, you are wondering how we could fall in love over the phone. Well, when you have prayed and trusted God to send the perfect person and you have spent time just talking, nothing but talking and getting to know each other, you just get the feeling that there is something there. I told Amy that I could not say that I was “In Love” with him but I knew in my heart that I would know the moment I saw him if I loved him and if he was “The One”. NOT that I needed to see what he looked like in person but that I would just get “That Feeling” and I would know it in my knower.
So, I prayed again before going to bed. I asked God to let both of us know if this was the right thing. To let us each have peace and not have doubt. Why was I asking for God to give us such strong feelings just approximately 6 weeks into this relationship? Well, both he and I had been through a lot in our past. Those who know me well know that I went through more than my share of trials, struggles and abuse. Neither of us wanted to walk down that road again and I didn’t think that God wanted that for us either. We are instructed in the Bible to ASK…so I did.
Little did I know when I said Amen and fell asleep that the next day I would meet my Prince.
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