Han part 1

This thursday I get to be reminded that I have been way out of my league for 4 years now. My wife and I will celebrate our 4th anniversary, and I couldn't be more proud to be her husband.

Now if you read her blog (hannahgray.net/blog) you will get a little taste of how we got this thing started, but my story is a little different.

It all started out in the fall of 2001 at North Greenville University, college at the time. I was on my way to another football practice when I almost broke my neck checking out a girl. As I was watching her I said to myself, that's the kind of girl I want to marry. So, I set out to find out more about this little hottie that caught my eye. I soon found out that she was a cheerleader, which worked out great considering I was a football player. Now I knew that I would at least get to see her two times a week, once at FCA and second at the games.

I made up my mind that the next time I saw her I was going to introduce myself. One thing that you need to keep in mind is that I was EXTREMELY shy when it came to girls. Don't get me wrong, I never had a problem getting a girl friend, but most of the time I just waited back and let the girl come to me. Well, I decided that this girl was too important to just sit back and wait on. So, it was monday night and we were at FCA. Luckily, my seat was close enough to see her, but far enough for her not to notice me staring.....at least I thought! I know I probably should have been paying attention to the message that night, but I just could not keep my eyes off of her. She was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen! There were a couple of times when she caught me looking, but that was cool with me, bc now she knew I was interested.....and hopefully she didn't think I was crazy. At the end of the night I hung around in one of the isles slowly walking toward her hoping that she would notice so I wouldn't have to walk all the way up to her. Well, she did, and that's when I found out she was NOT shy! She walked right up and said, "HEY my name is Hannah!".....grab her and don't ever let her go were my thoughts, but I managed to get out my name instead. After that night I felt like a kid waiting for Christmas morning everytime I was away from her. I was completely satisfied with not ever meeting another girl, and that's how I knew she was the one for me.

to be continued...