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I would never have guess, I could never had known that saying yes to "hang out with a few co-workers" would have ever turned into the beginnings of my future life.



But there we were, after weeks of flirting and friendly banter, alone, making our way to his car to begin our first of all dates.

I can't say for certain what either of us were thinking when the evening was over, but it was the evening that began our courtship. We spent the majority of the night listening to Clannad while talking meaningfully about the life we had lived and shared intimate moments of who we were. I know I enjoyed his company and I was certain he enjoyed mine as we parted ways, but the thing that stands out to me the most now and did all those years ago was the ease in our togetherness, never forced or contrived, the conversation flowed.

Yesterday as Adam and I sat after church talking the hours away that I would normally be napping, I thought of that night, our very first date, sixteen years ago today that we spent together laughing and crying. There was a level of trust that had formed between us and a bond created that has never been broken. To this day it is not unheard of to find us together, deep in conversation, for hours at a time. In many ways our conversation has changed and in many way it is very much the same, but whether the topic of life, dreams, improvement, purpose, love, and happiness has caught our attention, it is very much us that brings us together.

"Ah, good conversation - there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing." -Edith Wharton (Age of Innocence)

Sixteen years later and I wouldn't have it any other way.