Listen!

I was leaving my home health visit in Plano today when I felt a still small voice say, "take the tollway."
This isn't the way I usually go, as it actually takes longer (and costs money).  But, I listened anyways and took the tollway.

It did take me a few minutes longer than usual to get to Micah's daycare to pick him up.  But when we were on our way home I found out why.

The main highway that I take to get home was blocked due to a four-car accident.  It had literally just happened.  No cops were on the scene; the victims were just getting out of their cars.  None of the cars seemed to be seriously affected (nor the people I saw), but that wasn't the point.  The fact of the matter was that it could have been me, and would have been had I not listened to God.

The experience was enough to bring tears to my eyes.  If God can handle something so great as to protect Micah and I from an accident on our way home, then there's no reason to mistrust Him when it comes to the little things.

I'm grateful I listened today.  God never disappoints.

Why I Met My Husband

Maybe its just the sappy movie I just watched (We Bought a Zoo) - but I've been contemplating on this a lot anyways.  The basis of it all is that I am grateful - so very grateful - to have the husband I have.  My family and friends weren't exactly always in agreement with my "decision," but I knew it was the right one.

Ray and I actually "met" each other through a chat room (when those were still around) back in 2004.  We started talking to each other for a couple of months.  Honestly, at that point in my life I had met SO many guys offline - that I considered Ray to be "just another guy." Our first official meeting was at a Chevron gas station in Richardson.  The words I can still remember from that night are - "you look good, you smell good - is there anything not good about you?" (quoted from Ray himself.)  My friend Jenny was with me that night.  She thought he was creepy.  I remember telling her that I thought something was different about him, but I couldn't explain what.

Ray was my first valentine.  We had our first kiss in the Olive Garden parking lot in Plano.

We said our first "I love you's" a couple weeks later. And now, nearly eight years later, I'm still saying it.

We have had our ups and downs, as all relationships do.  Even when I was strayed away from the Lord, I'm grateful that He hadn't strayed away from me.  God was always leading and directing my life - so that when I was willing to accept Him again, His plans for me were perfect.

Like I said - my family and friends didn't always agree with my "decision" to stay with Ray (they got over it, by the way).  But because I was a believer - because I'm a child of God - I'm with the man I love.  My opposite - my best friend - my hero.  I love my husband, and I'm so blessed to have him.