Remembering Who has Influenced You in Life

 

A continuation of how we met and Married  —-The last Blog was Making The Best Of Every Moment

In my last post, I discussed how Marcie managed to get stranded in Indianapolis.  What I didn’t tell you was for how long.  We had met that Saturday, and had driven to Indianapolis for a concert and hockey game.  While watching the game, it snowed and snowed and snowed. Due to the dangerous weather and amount of snow, she was unable to legally return home.  She spent the night at my parents house.

I worked in Real Estate for my father.  This was a great thing as she was stranded with me until Wednesday of that week!  That was four full days that we were able to spend with each other.  The weather was cold and snowy, so there was not a lot going on the our office, and our office manager was a good friend of mine named Holly.  Holly and I had known each other since she was in Junior High School, so it was easy for her and my wife to become friends and for all of us to do things together.  Plus, she was dating my roommate at the time, so this made things ideal.

We went out to eat, played games, watched movies, etc. for the four days we were together.  This also left us a lot of time to talk and really get to know each other.  We already had a connection by talking on the phone, but this was different.  We were in person.  I was looking at her, eye to eye.

We talked about a lot of things.  It was amazing to me that there seemed to be nothing that we couldn’t talk about.  The more we talked, the more interesting I found this girl to be, and the closer I wanted to be with her.  I felt like I had known her for years, even though this was our first meeting and we had only been talking on the internet and the phone for about 2 months!  This was crazy!

Finally, on Wednesday morning, we were told that it was now legal to drive her home as the snow emergency had been lifted.  She packed her things and we made plans to drive her home.  My mother was working for Lifeway Christian Bookstore at the time, so I thought it would be appropriate for us to drive up there after we had lunch together in order for Marcie to say her goodbyes.

That is when things got awkward!  Not because of us. . . Not because of my mother . . . Because of Mimi!

Let me explain.  Mimi is a woman that worked with my mother.  She is one of those people who has a very special prayer life and always seems to encourage those people around her.  On one hand, I loved being around Mimi because she always uplifted me and made me feel better about myself . . . On the other hand, I hated it because she always seemed to be able to speak into my life in such a way that convicted my heart and made me want to be a better person.

We walked into the bookstore and asked the cashier to get my mother.  She happened to be on break at the time.  While we waited for my mother to come to the front, Mimi walked by with a box full of CDs.  Mimi looked at us as she walked by, took a few more steps, and stopped.  I knew this was going to be interesting.  She proceeded to put down her box of CDs, turn around, walk in front of us, turn to face both of us, grabbed both our hands and say, “The two of you are going to be very happy together.  I want to come to your wedding.  I am going to give your mother a list of dates that I busy, so please schedule your wedding on a date that is not listed.”  She then walked away as fast as she had arrived.

We were stunned.  I was speechless.  I was embarrassed.  I stood there in what seemed to be eternal silence listening to my heart pound out of my chest.  I was thinking, “Is there any way that didn’t just happen?  Is it possible that Marcie didn’t hear any of that?  Wake up!  Wake up!  This has to be a dream!”  No such luck.  I turned to look at this girl that I had just met and she was staring at me, with questioning eyes, like I knew this was going to happen.

About that time, my mother walked up to us, and we explained that Marcie was going home.  I wanted to get out of there as soon as I could!  Marcie said her goodbyes, and we loaded up in my van to take her home.  I remember discussing what Mimi had said, and I remember that Marcie was just as “scared” and “uncomfortable” about it as I had been.  We ignored it from that moment on.

Mimi followed through and gave my mother a list of dates that she was unable to attend the wedding, which my mother delivered to me.  I kept this list to myself, and tried very hard to ignore it.  That said, this memory will haunt me for the rest of my life.  It is one of those moments that you both love and hate at the same time.

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– Mark

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