Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Remember when I mentioned that my mother got a phone call from a family friend who said she had a guy she wanted me to meet? Looking back at that post, I see it was from January 24. Wow, January.

Anyway, my mother gave our friend my blog address and she passed it on to him. He lurked for a bit (and somehow wasn’t scared away) and then emailed me and we’ve been corresponding ever since. Turns out he is not a pastor, but teaches college poli-sci. He is a devoted follower of Jesus and one of the sweetest men I’ve met in a long time.

I was very reluctant about the whole thing and I told him that in the beginning, pointing him to all of my posts about my singleness. He read them all and stuck with me, brave man. Time has passed, we’ve gotten to know each other - I kind of dig him and he kind of digs me and It’s A Good Thing.

We have been out a handful of times (he’s the friend with whom I’ve been playing tourist lately) to see if there was any potential in a relationship. We’ve had an ongoing discussion about courtship, which is more intentional than merely dating (and a-whole-nother possible post), from the start and after another discussion last week we agreed that we’re definitely going to continue with this fledgling and growing courtship/relationship.

He blurks around the place and I think he prefers to remain in the shadows, so for ya’ll he’ll be known as The Beau on the rare occasions that he will get mentioned. I only bring it up because I’ll be scarce at times, especially on the weekends, since we’re about 90 minutes away from each other. And I didn’t think I’d be able to be cryptic about my “friend” for very much longer.

Finally, I know that the family friend who initiated the set up reads here, too. Thanks, MB, for the introduction, from both of us. I look forward to seeing you the next time I venture down that way.