One Month.
All at once it feels like it’s been forever, and I kind of wonder what life was really like for so many years before we met. And at the same time, mentally I know only two months have gone by since he first saw me on the subway, not knowing that the stranger he was judging (and not in a good way!) was heading to the very same gathering — and would soon become his plus-one — and it seems so strangely fast.
It started with being “lunchable,” and we just celebrated one month with the penguin letter, Lunchables and Mike’s Hard (berry!) Lemonade in a pot, Avenue Q, our Sunday night prayer, clementines in the morning, a re-do of the first date with lunch at Go Go Curry, lots of quality time, dinner at Fresh Basils, and just more of the same things that we’ve been enjoying for the last thirty days. Caring for, learning about, and delighting in each other. Isn’t this how it’s supposed to be?
He has prayed more than once that God would smile at us, as we smile at each other. It’s a beautiful picture – and I trust that it’s true.
At the end of today, he said, “Sounds like the honeymoon phase to me. I hear it sometimes lasts forever. =)”
And in the back of my mind, I heard Jordin Sparks singing, One step at a time, there’s no need to rush / it’s like learning to fly / or falling in love / it’s gonna happen when it’s supposed to happen / and we find the reasons why / one step at a time…