Mawwaige... that bwessed awangement... that dweem wiffin a dweam.

I am getting married.

How is this possible you ask?? I have been going to the same church for 4 years now... and playing on the praise team for 2-3 im not sure exactly how long, but thats not the point...the point is that My now Fiancee (Alison) also goes to church here and sings on the praise team... So I have known her for the length of time that I have been here, However looking back at what I thought the likely hood of us getting married one day I am amazed...

I tend to be opinionated, more so than some people, but less than others... being opinionated is not a bad thing as long as you are not a turd! about it... the point is this. While being a part of this church and praise team... I have grown up alot, I had a very big mouth when It came to what I thought the music should sound like(one of the many things I was big mouthed about).. and I would regularly let it be known sometimes before church how just how much I thought that song sucked!!... and I even one time made Mrs. Paula cry(Im not proud of this at all, in fact just the opposite... God has really made big changes in me. It used to be about what I thought... and then I realized it's about what God want's and It's not about me.) And often I would recieve glares from the other side of the stage where Alison stands... I thought she hated me!! I could swear she was always giving me "the hairy eyeball" from across the way... One time I thought she was glaring at me so I asked.... "WHAT!!!!!????" to which she replied "Uh... I WASN'T EVEN LOOKING AT YOU!!!!" and then I thought "well... If she didn't hate before, she does now!"

I thought she was unatainable.... the end all be all of what a Godly woman is suposed to be...and I thought she wanted nothing to do with me... Countless times I was a total hole!!, but God showed me where I needed work... and I started to do things dif. See it wasn't that I didn't care... I just didn't think before I opened my mouth.(thats something that is a daily thing I still have to work on... but I put alot of thought into what I say now.)... anyway... over this three year period... I always like Alison and thought highly of her.... She dated ONe dude... who I knew wasn't right for her, and I was interested in a girl In Mass., but we finally started talking, just about what ever stuff... and I noticed here coming to all my ball games (soft ball.... hey I like it.)
and So I prayed... alot and sent her flowers and asked her out and she said yes.

I have had 2 "Dad" talks since we started dating... the first I thought was really intense, and then second I thought I was going to have a heart attack... b/c the second was to ask his blessing, and permission to ask Alison to marry me. after a long talk... and some very wise counsel by him... he Said "without reservation I give you my blessing" and SO I took to a restuarnt way out in the middle of nowhere... called "boonies" and then to tyaskin park (the first place we ever went... on a just us date) and I played a song for her and I proposed and She said yes!!! We are going to be Married in Oct.

If I put every detail that confirmed that God was in this from the start I would be writing a novel!!! but I know he is, and I am so thankful for that....