A Funky Kind Of Blog

This is really Simon McMenemy’s fault.

It’s his fault that I had to follow his twitter handle, and that her avatar and twitter name had to come out on “People to Follow.” I saw that she looked cute and must like football, too. So I followed her.

No activity was done from my end for the next two weeks (I swear, it was two weeks, no stalking involved. Except for that one time about Anne Curtis.). It’s funny though how one innocent question posted on Twitter can lead to so much in the last four months.

A question posted on the schedule of the Community Shield lead me to reply, then lead to comments about the game. After the game, it turned to tweets  about music. Turned out that she is a singer, and a passionate lover of music and the arts.

I thought that she was somebody special, and worth gettting to know more. So I thought of saying something as simple as tweeting and texting “Good morning, beautiful.” I didn’t expect that it would make such an impact to her, and that I would find myself greeting her that every single day.

I told myself that I would try to go easy. I didn’t even ask her number right away until about 2 weeks, which came with a bit of trepidation, as I had no idea how she’d react. It took for a while too for me to finally meet her, middle of September was the first time that I actually saw the pretty face for real.

When she left for the States, after a great date night at Eastwood, I felt bad knowing that even though it would only be two weeks, I wouldn’t get to see her. So I made it a point to keep in touch, time zones be damned. What made it all special was the fact that she was doing what she can to be in touch with me as well.

We started really going out when she got back, and it has been two and a half months of great company with her. We’ve had our share of ups and downs, arguments and misunderstandings, but that’s part of the process of where we are. I’ve experienced being her punching bag the same way she has seen me in my irritated moments. It does seem that we always find ourselves back together, knowing this is part of the process of what we want.

Now that our parents are involved in our relationship, it is my fervent hope and prayer that we will continue to be a source of growth and encouragement to each other. I find myself thinking of her all the time, and wishing that I could be with her forever.

All these thoughts came to my head, while Jason Mraz’s After An Afternoon was playing in the car, when you gave me your card. All you ever wanted to say on that day, my birthday, were all there.  That 5 minutes was the best of my birthday yet. Don’t you just love the feeling when a beautiful song is being played to wrap up your birthday? To look into the eyes of the lady that you love, that you have gotten to know and understand the past four months, to hear that she loves you as much as you have loved her.

Grace Gaddi, we still have a long way to go. But this post is for you. I write this with the prayer that God will keep us together and that I will continue to be a blessing to you as you have been for me.