The Lisas are coming

This was an eventful summer. While I was getting set for seminary and dealing with Dad’s cancer, I was playing a game. It’s an online game called World of Warcraft. It’s a good stress reliever.

While playing this summer, I met someone. We got closer over time. After Dad passed away, I could not wait anymore. Life was too short. I met Lisa the weekend after the funeral.

We fell in love. A month later I asked her to marry me and she said, “Yes.” A month after that my Grandmother passed away. With all this going on, I dropped out of Seminary. It was too much and something had to give.

I know we probably should have moved slower, but I felt desperate. I was desperate for love. I was desperate for the way Lisa made me feel. There was emptiness in me that had always existed. Now it was filling up and Lisa was responsible for that. She quit her job and moved here. We were married in December.

Right now my mind is racing over this time. There was a trip to my grandmother’s so Lisa could meet her, then another shortly after when she passed away. There was moving Lisa up. There was planning the wedding, then the honeymoon. There was getting the house ready for Lisa (I bought a fixer-upper). So much going on.

Of course, when you have too many things in your life, some things get pushed aside. These are the things you know will be ok without your attention on them. For me, that was God and my family. Both were always there for me and I trusted always would be. Of course, both still are, if not a little worse for wear.