On the evening we were to leave I was really quite nervous to ride with a stranger for 2.5 hours but he came prepared. When I got into the car he handed me a huge photo album and proceeded to tell me that he had served and LDS Mission to the Czech Republic and this was the album documenting his two years of service. I was thankful that this would take away that awkward silence between strangers. I looked over the pictures and asked questions all the way home.
After out initial meeting we continued to see each other on a friend only basis. We went on walks all the time we ate dinner together quite often. It was generally 3 of us David & I and the friend who introduced us Wendy. Sometime along the line I broke up with my previous high school boyfriend and started dating David's roommate. That didn't last very long since we were both looking for different kinds of a relationship and as I was expressing my frustrations one cold February night to David as we walked up and down the Salt Lake City Avenues he very forwardly said "why don't you dump Matt and date me?" I couldn't see anything wrong with that although I had really only saw David as a good friend I thought it might be a good idea, so I said OK. But being nervous about the repercussions of roommate hopping I told David he had to tell Matt, I know that was low but he agreed so I was happy.
On March 22nd 1998 David asked me to marry him. It wasn't the proposal he had imagined but he proposed all the same. Then on June 5th 1998 we were married in the Mt. Timpanogos LDS Temple for time and all eternity.
Since that day we have welcomed 5 beautiful children into our family, 3 girls first Katie, Madison & Jenna and then 2 boys Isaac & Gabriel. Then on July 12th 2010 we had to say goodbye to our sweet Gabriel as it was time for him to return to our Father In Heaven for a mission of great importance I imagine. We miss him greatly but are continually reminded that we have an eternal family and we will cuddle him in our arms again one day.
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ReplyDeleteI'd first like to give you my deepest sympathies - I read your story and my heart broke. I am truly sad you had to experience this but thank you for sharing your story.
My name is Noelle and I am writing you to ask if you would consider guest posting on the blog of a new non-proft organization called God's Angels Gone Early (find website URL below). My sweet nephew, Gage, was born on Feb. 15 of this year and passed away 3 short days later from SIDS. We were all heart broken, to say the least. My sister has started this non-profit in my nephew's memory. She hopes to donate items to hospitals and other facilities that can be given to families who may experience similar tragedies. We have just (finally, after months of waiting and working) received approval and are excited to continue the hard work. October is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month and we hope to have guest posts from amazing individuals who know what it is like to lose one of their angels - we hope to feature these posts throughout the month. We are a new organization but we are hoping to reach out to those who are in need of us. Part of our mission is to "help families heal through remembering" and we are hoping you will help us do that. We want to create a blog where families can come to find comfort and others who have experienced loss as they have.
We would be honored to have you participate in this. If you would be willing to participate please respond and let me know so. This request is in no way meant to be offensive and I hope I have not offended you or hurt your feelings in any way.
If you're interested please contact us via our facebook page or our blog on the contact us tab.
Thank you for your time and I hope to be hearing from you,
Noelle
The current website is GodsAngelsGoneEarly.blogspot.com as we are working on getting our own custom domain and switching it over to a .org website.