So, we met in pharmacy school; sounds typical, but not so much. We were in the same team during our first year of pharmacy school. During this year, we were practically invisible to each other. We hang out with our team, but our conversations never really run deep. It wasn't until I noticed that he went to the same church as I did that we were starting to have conversations outside of those in our team. We started being drawn to each other because of our faith. I was in a new city where I didn't know anybody, so it was easy to befriend him. Mac is a very kind and thoughtful individual; however, it never cross my mind that this man would one day become my husband. Our friendship just grew stronger by the end of our first year of school. It was so funny that we had the same rotation site for our community rotation. It was like all the sign was pointing toward us being with each other, but we weren't looking...
Our friendship blossomed at the start of our second year of pharmacy school. We spent must of our time with each other; most of it spent studying, but nevertheless... We keep hanging out with friends, but we never really go out alone. We also went to church together as I asked him to be my accountability partner. As we were spending so much time with each other, we both starting developing other feelings. Even before he made his feelings known to me, I was praying my own feelings away and any that he may have for me away. I didn't think I was ready for a relationship. Also, in my prayers, I told God that I wouldn't date anyone who's not my future husband. In my mind, I would have to wait after school for it to happen, but God was like, "my timing is always perfect." Even after he revealed his feelings, I appreciated him giving me time to pray and seek counsel about it before I made a decision. I thought it was surreal that he wasn't pushy or forcing me to go out with him. I felt like God was leading me towards this path to him, so I stop fighting any restrains that I had and decided to go on a date...
Boy, was it awkward!!
For our first date, I was fashionably late...lol. So he couldn't bring me to the restaurant that he intended to. I was a little bit nervous even when he wasn't a stranger to me. The restaurant was dead and the food was terrible! Even then, Mac was so thoughtful and proposed to switch food with me as his tasted better. After the restaurant, he said he was going to take me karaoke. I was so excited! Unfortunately, there was a large party that day; therefore, we couldn't stay as we didn't have a reservation. I was a little disappointed as the restaurant didn't go well and neither did our failed karaoke plan. I began to think that maybe it wasn't meant to be, that these were signs pointing me in a different direction. However, when Mac took me out to look at the stars, I had a really good time. It was the highlight of the night that made me decide going on a second date. Now, here we are a year and a couple months later. I could say that God exceeded my expectations in every way possible.