Everyone enjoys a great love story, and this one is one of my favorites. Without it there would be no me! 🙂 Mom’s story her and Dad’s courtship: First encounter I was sitting in the library at Southeastern Bible College in Birmingham, Alabama, with my brother David. It was January 1, 1957, during Christmas vacation,… [continue reading]
Our First Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and it always reminded me of my first Valentine’s Day with Jason way back when… We had been dating for just over four months. I was young and in love! Not only was it Valentine’s Day, but it was also a Friday, so I could stay out late… [continue reading]
First Boyfriend: Funny Moments
My dad told me I couldn’t date until I was eighteen. This was always the magic age when I was growing up. Only he didn’t quite do the math because he was thinking that I would be in college, but I was eighteen my whole senior year of high school. So although there were a… [continue reading]
My Crazy Dating Ideas
The last couple of years I have thought a lot about dating. My children are still young, but it is in preparation for what we would have them do and why that I have pondered these issues. I have never been in the Courtship camp. Why would have to be another post. But I certainly… [continue reading]
How to order when invited to eat out
When someone else is treating you to a meal, whether it’s a date or a friend of the family, I was taught to ask for suggestions on the menu. Inquire as to what the host is planning on ordering, and then choose something on the menu in the same price range. Likewise with drinks, if… [continue reading]
A Love Story
Freida, my mom, is sharing her love story with us today: When I met Hal “by accident,” as he says, though I don’t believe in love at first sight, I did think he was the most attractive man I had ever met. I told a few friends he was the first man I had met… [continue reading]
Jason
A recent incident reminded me of Jason’s and my dating days. We each had an evening class at the University of Nebraska on the same night of the week, at the same time, in the same building, and just one door down from each other. Jason lived in an apartment near the school, so he… [continue reading]
My Nebraska Dating Experience
The adventures from my first year in Nebraska after I had graduated college seemed to prove to me what I thought I already knew from past experience. First, that all men from Nebraska are strange, and second, I would never marry anyone from Nebraska–I actually said that! I was “stood up” for the first time ever. … [continue reading]