The story of us

I know so many people love telling their story over and over...and I'm no exception! lol Every good story starts with something that cathes the readers attention, but I cant say we had that. It was a very normal, kinda boring beggining.

I formaly met Clay at church, he showed up with buddies of my brother. I knew the buddies through my brother so I went over and said 'hey'. They introduced me to Clay and I remembered him from HS. My brother and his friends are younger than me, so I didnt know them in HS but I knew of them. I had mentioned to Clay, 'thats right, you're the one who went from an afro to shaving your head, and no one could believe it!' We met up again at another church event one night. Every friday night my church had this thing called Epic for the 20-somethings (18-33, how thats 20-something idk). Clay was there with the same buddies and I was there with a girlfriend of mine so of course I didnt pay the young ones any attention (they are 3-4yrs younger than I am). But eventually the group of us that met up at church every Friday dwindled down to Clay and I (and one more friend who bounced all over the place).So we started sitting together and talking after church, than that talking turned into hanging out. I thought "great I have a new, really cool friend to hang out with". It took me 2 months to realize he wasnt just hanging out with me for the fun of it. lol I was a little slow
But as soon as I realized this wonderful man liked ME I was so excited. My friends at work nicknamed me Tinkerbell (we lived in FL at the time, close to Disney. And most of us have a love/hate relation w/"the mouse") because we were so mushy and sweet that it was sickening lol
We started dating in the begining of Sept, we had lunch dates every week and we went to the movies or out to eat often. We really became glued at the hip within that month. I couldnt believe how lucky I was to find someone who could possibly be "The One". And I've learned now that he felt like he was dreaming. He tells me now that he used to worry it was all a dream and he'd wake up and I wouldnt be there.
So just as we're slipping into the honeymoon phase of a new relation, he tells me he is going to Texas to check out a university he is interested in attending. At first I didnt think anything of it, people check out schools all the time, it doesnt mean that school is the right fit. But than he went over to visit, and I have to admit, I was a little bummed. Why did I find this guy just in time to loose him to another state? But I didnt let him know I felt that way, I called and text and encouraged him to do his best at the audition (for music college). And when he came back he told me how important that was to him. It helped him a lot and he was thankful to be falling for someone so wonderful.
A few weeks later, the begining of Oct, my cousin passed away. We knew she was diagnosed w/lung cancer but we werent sure what was going to happen. We were hopful that with her being so young (41) she'd be able to fight it. But she didnt. And since I am the rock of my family, I made sure to help mother make preperations to attend the funeral (in PA). I comforted my sister and daughter and tried to comfort my mother. But it got late (about 1230am) and I was tired and upset and everyone was going to sleep. I called Clay and he came over and he became MY comfort, he let me cry on his chest (I'm to short to reach his shoulder lol) and talked to me for hours. He helped me a lot that night. And when I went to PA to attend the funeral we were on the phone or texting the whole time, which helped me not be miserable. One night when we were on the phone (I remember everything about that night) I was telling him how at church everyone knows me as Adra's mom, they dont know my name. And he said 'maybe one day you'll be known as Clay's wife'. If I werent on the phone I would have screamed like a teenager, I was so excited! After hanging up the phone I ran in and told my mother, my aunt and my grandmother. My grandmother told me 'it doesnt matter if you've known him 4months or 4yrs if you know than you just know.'
When I came back from PA we: myself, my 8yo daughter and Clay, went out to dinner. It was late and my daughter was over excited so she got a headache and fell asleep at the table! Poor thing. While she was sleeping and we were trying to quietly eat dinner Clay told me he fell for me and was looking forward to spending a looooong time with me, if I got what he was saying (how cute, he stammers something terrible when he is nervous so I let it go at that cause he may have passed out if I prssed for anything more ) But how were we going to make it work if he was moving to Texas? I told him, if he'd have me, I was going to come along. So now ,10 months later, he, me and my mini me are living in Texas as one happy little family....life has been interesting. lol but we