Thursday, December 30, 2010

One Decision Can Change the Course of the Rest of Your Life

5 years ago today my life was very different. I was a young, divorced, single mom, who had recently left her long time job in banking to go to the University of Colorado full-time to pursue my dreams of becoming a lawyer. I had been dating on and off for the past 6 months but nothing really materialized.

I went on Match.com at the urging of one of my best girl friends, one of her friends met her husband through a similar site and she thought it was worth a try. After 3 weeks on the site I started talking to a young, cute, single dad who lived about 50 miles from me. After emailing back and forth and several long phone conversations, he asked me on a date.

I was nervous to go meet someone in person I had only talked with online but I had a good feeling about him. He seemed so sweet and we had talked on the phone for hours. We decided to meet at Starbucks. He didn't have a cell phone so we set a meeting time at a Starbucks about halfway between both our houses. I showed up and waited and waited and waited and then checked my phone only to realize I had a voicemail from him saying he was at Starbucks and was wondering if he was at the right one. I didn't even realize there were two in the area! I quickly called my sister (who lived in the area) and got directions to the other Starbucks. Luckily I made it to the other Starbucks before he decided he had been stood up.

And the rest is history...

Nate and Michelle since December 30, 2005.

Nate and I, March 2006, Las Vegas, Our 1st Trip Together.

May 24, 2008, The Day We Became Husband and Wife.


September 2009, Still Happy Together!

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