My Future Hubby Rocks...Our Love Story Edition

So, after reading my friend, April's love story with her Hubby Cory; I was inspired to share Steve's and My Love Story.

Let's see going on 8 years ago, my family and I started going to this church that we now no longer go to. Anyway, I remember seeing Steve a few times and thinking, "He's cute." and I began to wonder about him. I was thinking about going up to him but it was then that I realized that he is deaf (through seeing him speak to his mother is what I now know is cued speech) and I lost my nerve because I didn't know how to sign except for a few exceptions (like my ABC's and a few words). Before long, he came up to me and said hi. I was kind of surprised that he could speak and that he approached me. We started to talk just about every time we saw each other in church but that was about it. My Aunt Jo once told me not long after Steve and I met that she saw us together in her mind's eye. I tried to keep my cool around him because I did develop some feelings for him...until I found out his age. Let's just say he was barely legal and I kind of didn't think that, that would be appropriate...at least that time.

Skipping ahead, not long after that my family and I ended up leaving the church because we didn't like what we were learning about what was happening in the church in many areas of the church. It was not long after that, that I realized that I had left him behind too. We had become fairly close friends...as close as we could be considering.

I now realize that God used that time to mold us and create us a better people. 9 months ago, I happened to hook up with an old church from on myspace who I knew had known Steve and his family. I remember going through her pictures and coming across a picture with Steve in it. I was so excited because I had never forgotten about him and even in the years after leaving the church and him behind had tried to find him. I did have luck once but at that time he was with another girl and I didn't want to come in between that. Anyway, back to what I was saying...

After seeing him in this picture, I decided to see if he was one of her friends. Low and behold, he was and that made me even more excited. I sent him a message; hoping he would remember me. He did.

We started hanging out not long after we started talking again via myspace and some text messages. I would later find out that he had feelings for me back in the day and missed me when I went away. We took the time to really reconnect and learn who we were after all these years. I prayed that he would still have the same feelings for me and that we would grow in love. My prayers were answered. He asked me to be his girl. I said yes. We started talking about marriage. He said he knew I would be his wife when he let go of his fear of being hurt. Like myself, he has had some very bad unhealthy relationships. His fear, like mine came from the past hurts he experienced. He said that God told him it was ok. (I paraphrase here of course).

I know that God orchestrated everything and everyone in our lives. It was just a matter of allowing God to do what He needed to do and had always planned to do for us.

PS: Thanks April for sharing your story. It really did open the door for me to see the blessings I have in my life. With certain things going on lately in my family, I needed this; it helps to see the blessings in the mist of trials.