One of Megan's favorite things to do is write down her thoughts. She loves to write me notes for my birthday and special holidays. You can find pieces of paper all over the house of all her thoughts from budgeting notes to workout plans. She finds comfort in putting her thoughts on paper. I am not that person. But one day as we were sitting around I had this great idea that Megan and I should blog together. So here it is.
Since Megan gave a wonderful introduction to our a blog, I figured I would give the introduction to our story. Most people know that we went to college together and figure that we met in college, dated, and fell in love. Well love never seems to be that simple. Actually, it took about 3000 miles and a year for us to fall in love. I still remember those moments that I began to fall for her. April 2012: Megan and I never actually dated in college. The one time we had a chance to date was my senior year and i was in a very different part of my life at that time. It was the first sign that she was the woman i was going to spend the rest of my life with. She was a small group leader on a retreat i was running and gave one of the best testimonies I have ever heard. I remember the feeling of amazement of how strong and holy a person she was. For the next couple of weeks after the retreat I would go to her room after cheer practice (another story for another time) and just sit with her as she did her homework. She was amazing, but something didn't feel right in that moment. I walked away and never gave her any good reason. Looking back I realized that I wasn't prepared to be the man she deserved. February 2013: I have lived in Alaska for about 5 months. Megan and I were speaking again and I spent the last 2 months talking to her about the struggles of moving to Alaska. I slowly began to realize that she was the only woman I wanted to talk to. We talked every single day and began to get very close. We were at the point of our relationship where we either try this crazy relationship 3000 miles apart or I could just let her go. We talked about our relationship about every night, but I was scared to take the leap. There came a moment in February that I felt i should truly tell her how I feel. I remember it clearly on Tuesday February 12th, I had decided that I wanted nobody else but her. I had decided to buy her flowers for V-Day and I was going to tell her in the morning that I wanted to be with her. Little did i know that the next morning would be one of the hardest days in our relationship. Looking back I realized that I wasn't prepared to be the man she deserved. May 2013: Megan and I haven't talked for almost 3 months at this. She didn't talk to me all through lent. I remember when we first started talking again. The feelings of anger and frustration came back, not because she didn't talk to me, but because I didn't tell her how i felt sooner. I was in love with her since that Wednesday morning when she called to tell me she couldn't talk to me. We talked for about 2 week before I decided to take the leap and finally ask her on a date. At the time I lived 3000 miles apart and there was only one chance I would get to see her. I told her I would be in DC for a retreat and would love to see her. We spent that whole day together going to lunch, the zoo, and I even got to meet her parents. The days after that were hard. I remember vividly the time I spent in prayer trying to find ways to tell her how i feel. I remember the night at the retreat I called her and told her she was the only one I wanted to be with. Then, on June 7th, 2013 I asked her to be my girlfriend 3000 miles away when I was in a little town in the middle of nowhere Alaska because I knew there was no one else I wanted to be with. I felt for the first time that I had become the man she deserved. That was the easy part of our relationship now we had to figure out how to date 3000 miles apart. But that is a story for another time. Jake
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