I’m Getting Married!

June 16, 2008 in Family

So, in less than two weeks, I’m getting married! This isn’t an intensely personal blog–frankly, I don’t normally have that much interesting to say about my personal life. But hey, sometimes things come along that are worth sharing.

Here’s the scoop. The 9yo’s dad and I divorced when she was 2. I’ve dated various guys in the intervening years, but several years ago, I had the abrupt realization that I might not meet Mr. Right til I was 50. Or perhaps never. That was when I adopted the 2yo. And that was plenty to keep me more than busy. So I wasn’t really looking for Mr. Right, even.

And then, last summer, I ran into an old college acquaintance on Facebook. I knew Ashby in college because I worked on the newspaper, and he was in the Marine Reserves and called up for the Gulf War [the first one], so I interviewed him and another Marine before he left. Ashby wrote letters back to us at the Hustler [Vanderbilt student newspaper, so named in 1888] while he was gone, and I interviewed him again when he came back. That was the extent of our relationship….until Labor Day 2007.

I’ve run into any number of old friends on Facebook, but with Ashby, there was immediately something more there. Then, the clincher — after several emails back and forth, he sent me a real, handwritten letter in the mail. Guys, let me tell you, this is an effective tactic.

All fall we visited back and forth between Asheville, NC, where Ashby taught at a boarding school, and here in Nashville. By Thanksgiving we were talking about getting married, and by Christmas, we realized that we actually were planning to get married, like, soon. Finally, one day we looked at each other and said, Umm, we’re engaged, aren’t we??

The big day is June 28.