Once Upon A Time... I lost my glass slipper at church on a Sunday morning... Matt found it and knew his One And Only was the girl who was wearing it... He waited until the next Sunday, tried it on every girl... and as he put it on my flip-flopped tanned, stubby-toed foot, he knew he had found his wife. The End.
No, not really. haha. But our story is just about as quick (and awesome), so prepare yourself. :)
This past February, the church I am a part of (The Garden Community of Baltimore) hosted an art show to benefit Haiti, with artwork done by the children in the Rec Center where we hold church. I helped make coffee and serve food during the event, and towards the end of the art show, when everything was winding down, I decided to sit down and relax my feet for a bit. I saw a guy (Matt) sitting by himself, so I of course sat myself down right next to him and started talking. Just small talk... about the church, the art show... and eventually we started talking about The Big Bang Theory and how great of a show it is. I thought, 'he's really cool. I hope he starts coming to our church.' Well guess what? He did. And he also started coming to my house community ("small group", "Bible study") and I started thinking, I really like this guy. He's awesome. I want to hang out with him allllll the time. I invited him out to my birthday party, which he came to at a sushi restaurant even though he hates sushi. A few weekends later it was Easter Sunday, and we both celebrated with our church family at a couple's house who goes to The Garden. I found myself drawn to him, I knew I liked him and I just wanted to be near him. (Oh, the schoolgirl crush was in full effect.) Later that night, as I was sitting home bored and wanting to see him again, I texted him and asked him if he wanted to hang out. I ended up going over to his apartment and playing video games with him... in fact I taught him 3 secrets about Super Mario 3 that he didn't know. Oh yeah. :) All that week I finally came to the realization.... I think I really like this guy. More than a friend. I wonder if he feels the same way, hmm....
That next weekend, we spent 33 hours together. We counted. Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday... I only went home to sleep. By Sunday night we basically looked at each other and said, "are we dating yet? because we need to be." He 'officially' asked me out on April 14th, and a month later we celebrated our 6 year anniversary. (A joke we made to accommodate the fact that by a month, we felt like we had been dating for much, much longer.)
So long story short, we knew a month into dating that we were exactly who God had provided for one another. This was IT. I knew that I had found the man I was going to marry. I couldn't have asked for someone better... a smart, funny, talented, romantic, Godly man, who loves ME. I'm still blown away.
That's about it in a nutshell... I love Matthew Brett Matheson and I can't wait to marry him. The End. :)
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