For Hilary - A Good Man (very very long post)
Hilary, I thought there were no good men left. I had been with my husband since I was 13, and after four children and 22 years together, he decided he did not love me anymore, so we got a divorce. I was devastated to say the least. I was so hurt that I just did not trust any man. Friends kept trying to "fix me up", and I would not go. One Sunday morning, I went to this little country store to get gas in my car. When I pulled up in the parking lot, I noticed a silver car with a Dale Earnhardt tag just like mine. I was also in a silver car. Around here, everybody knows everybody, so I was wondering whose car it was. As I was going in the store, this man was coming out of the store. Our eyes just locked and we both just stood there staring at each other like two idiots. I never spoke, and he did not either. He moved to the side to let me in the door, and he left. I got in the car and thought...well, that was great. I guess I will never see him again. He was so handsome!! About two weeks later, I was in this same little country store, and the clerk had been trying for about eight weeks to set me up on a blind date with her cousin. I kept telling her no. I said I don't want a man. There are no good men left. She said yes, there is. Please just give him a chance. I finally gave in and gave her my business card and said give this to him. Well, she gave it to him and it ends up she had been pestering him about me, and he was not interested in a blind date either. Anyway, one Thursday night in January he calls me. I liked his voice. :O) He seemed nice enough. He asked me out for the next night, Friday. I told him I was sorry, but I could not go because my children would be at home with me that weekend and that I did not leave my kids on the weekends to go out. He thought I was brushing him off. I quickly said...but they will be with their daddy next weekend, so we made plans to go out the next Friday night which was January 16th. We talked on the phone through the week. Thursday morning, on my way to work, I needed to cash a check, so I went back to this same little country store. As I pulled into the parking lot, I noticed that same silver car with the Dale Earnhardt tag that I had seen there a few weeks before. I was thinking....Is HE in there? I go in the store and I am scanning looking for him. I see him and instantly look away. I am thinking oh Lord it is JHIM. I gotta get out of here. The clerk who had fixed me up on the blind date was working and as I am writing out my check, I hear her whispering and pointing. I look up at her, and she is pointing to HIM and saying, "That's him. That is your blind date tomorrow night". Oh my Lord, it was the man that I had been thinking about and wondering who he was. I got all flustered and let the store just as quickly as I could. We went out that Friday night, and then Saturday night, and then Sunday night, and we got married nine months later. He actually proposed to me in that little country store where we met. He is a very good man and he treats me like a precious treasure. I used to watch Bridges of Madison County and just cry because I thought I would never know what it felt like to be truly loved. Well, now I know. We were married September 3, 2004. He is as good to my children as he is to me, and I thank God for him every day. AND, he tells me you are not fat. You are beautiful. It must be true that love is blind. :O) I just have to say, I love Tommy, and I am very lucky woman.
My prayer for you, Hilary, is that you find the same. I know you deserve it!
Kim
Tommy and Kim September 3, 2004
Yes, I did not wear shoes. My youngest was 4, and she did not want to wear shoes, so none of the girls wore shoes. :O)
I live in the Anniston, Oxford Jacksonville area off i-20 ..It sits about halfway between Atlanta and Bham...
I have been to Athens long ago but cant remeber much about it ,,I think i was traveling through actually..
My new found sweetheart was a meeting of chance .. I had been divorced from a PIECE OF WORK lol, similiar to how yours sounded and was single for 15 years ..I was in relationships ,dating etc but couldnt connect with the RIGHT ONE ,,,I gave up :)
I was online one day in Aminal Rescue Forum and had a dog I took from an abused home ...She is the love of my life ( animal wise LOL ) too and he is an animal lover,,,SO WALLA we emailed for about 4 months , met and 5 years later we have BLISS ,,
His daughter is a Therapist trainer /teacher for rescue dogs that they use for handicap people and her husband is a vet surgeon so strange as the puzzle just all fit together..
GOD works in mysterious way girl ..
Anyway , I had given up and was so doubtful after the piece of work i had been married to since I was 16.
We were married 20 years so I was young when i divorced him..
So nice to have a normal life now..
Hugs to you
Shirley
How much older? :O) Girl, I need some details to work with. What are your interests? You are welcome to e-mail me at [email protected]
My oldest daughter is 23. My stepson and his wife are 27. I am thinking we could do some "networking" and make some new friends.
I hope you have a great day!
Kim
email me if you like [email protected]
im also on Facebook!!
I LOVED your story. Thank you for sharing it with me. I am also an animal lover, and it is getting "worse" as I get older. :O) My husband is not too crazy about animals being in the house, but he loves me so much that he agreed to share our home with two "fur-babies".
We have a Chihuahua named Mione, and we also have an itty bitty weenie dog named Harper. One night about three weeks ago, my oldest daughter wanted us to "babysit" her dogs, Tye and Rudy. That night, in our queen-size bed was me, Tommy, Mione, Harper, Tye, and Rudy. Needless to say, we were all "smushed" up together. Tommy said...I sure do wish we had one more dog to go in this bed with us. Without missing a beat, I said...you know, I have been thinking about getting another one and next time, I want either a St. Bernard or a great dane, what do you think honey? I wish you could have seen the look he gave me. :O) It makes me smile just to think about it. He said....I know. I know. This is your bed and you just let me sleep in it. HaHa. I had our bed when we got married, and he got rid of his. I always aggravate him and tell him...This is my bed. I just let you sleep in it. :O)
Kim
