In High School, Tracey and I were always really good friends. I could talk to him about most everything; relationships gone bad, problems on the homefront, school, random conversations, etc. He was always a really good listener and I enjoyed hearing his opinions and things he wanted to talk about. I knew I could always count on Tracey to be there when I needed someone to talk to.
My Junior year in High School, we went through a rough patch. I started dating a guy that Tracey didn't really approve of, and that didn't approve of Tracey. So...against my better judgement, I quit talking to Tracey after a few months of dating this guy. I still really liked Tracey, but I kept it to myself. I was in love with this other guy as well. We broke up towards the end of May and Tracey was dating one of my good friends at the time. I started hanging out with him again, after apologizing for being such a pain, and enjoyed every bit of it! Even though I still liked him, I knew that I wasn't ready to date anyone and wouldn't be ready for quite some time.
The summer ended and Tracey left for college while I started my Senior year. I dated a guy for about two months, then decided that he wasn't for me....I missed my friend. I didn't talk to Tracey until New Years when I was going to call and ask him to be my date at my Senior Prom. But, I chickened out and regretted it afterwards! I took a guy from my church, a guy that I dated shortly, to prom that year. I met up with Tracey again at Memory Day. The band held a concert in front of the school and I spotted Tracey with his parents and immediately went over to him and started catching up on all that had happened since I had last seen him. Later that evening we met with a group of friends at Sonic and went to Krysta's from there to watch a movie or two. He was the one friend that I was REALLY happy to see at my High School Graduation. We saw each other almost every night after that and became closer than ever before.
I will never forget the night that we decided to start dating. We had been helping our friend, Rachel, move in to a house that she and a friend were renting. Rachel and I went to Wal-Mart to get a few items for decorating and she kept asking me what was going on between Tracey and me. I had no idea that we had apparently been flirting for weeks....but it was brought to my attention that evening....and his as well. He was taking me back to my car at Lakeside Grocery when he asked me if I would be interested in dating. I said that I didn't know about dating just anybody. I wanted to date him. I was so nervous...but SO excited. We started dating on July 2, 2006.
Dating was a trial. In August, he moved back to Tuscaloosa to go to school while I stayed in Scottsboro to go to a local Community College. The long distance thing was rough, but we got even closer through the entire ordeal. In February, he asked me to marry him. I accepted and couldn't have been happier. We didn't tell anybody until March! It was hard keeping something so exciting, such a big secret! We wanted to get married in October, but decided to go with July 2007 instead because his mom's family was going to be in for a reunion...and she has a very large family. It was hard planning a wedding in 3 months and feelings got hurt and there were a few times where I was ready to pull my hair out! But, the day came and it went. The wedding was beautiful, from what I can remember!
We lived with his parents for a little over a month before we moved back to Tuscaloosa for him to finish school. We are currently living in an apartment that we want to get out of as soon as we can afford to do so. I will never try finding an apartment online again! That's for sure. We both work to make ends meet, and that in itself is really hard. Loving him is easy though. He still makes me smile on a daily basis, he makes life fun even when I don't think I can do anything but stress about finding a better job, and he loves me with all he has. We may be tight on money....but we are wealthy in love! That, my friends, is how we got where we are today!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment