friday feature

(photo from a holiday train ride, 2006)

what a guy

we love him

he's a keeper

i'm lucky i have him!

waaaaay back in 2001

we met

but not the way most people meet

4 months before we met

i left someone

moved into an apartment by myself

loved being alone finally

lots of time to find me

4 months before we met

he left someone

moved to a new state by himself

my state

ohio

same apartment complex

streets apart

our circles would never have crossed...

if it wasn't for the phone company

with modern day technology

our phone lines became crossed

didn't know why a man

would sometimes pick up

before i got to the phone

strange messages on my voice mail

for someone

not me

phone company says find his number

then we can fix it

they didn't know who they were dealing with

i 'heard' him on the phone

making a purchase

his southern drawl

so cute

gave vital info

i wrote it down of course

did nothing with it that day

next morning

leaving for work

see a truck

plates from the south

must be him

i thought

saw him

hoped it was him!

i called that night

to explain our phone anomaly

he was cute...

thought we had a party line or something

not in the big city baby!

just crossed phone lines

we talked

for over an hour

like old friends

we hung up

two weeks later

he called

asked me to dinner

this is where

stranger danger

went out the window

he came to pick me up

we had dinner

and the rest is history!

loved him from day one!