Memories On the way to

Memories
On the way to work this morning, I was listening to the news. Sounds like there's a good chance Tropical Storm Isidore will hit new New Orleans, as Jeff mentioned a couple days ago. It made me think of New Orleans and the last time I was there. This in turn made me think about Adrian and I felt small pangs that we haven't continued to stay in touch. I know that everything happens for a reason so I told myself not to feel bad. Life takes its course. Then I remembered the conversation Adrian and I had in the car that night.

We were talking about relationships, of course. At that time in my life, I was still nursing a broken heart. I remember sitting in the passenger seat, with my back against the door, looking at Adrian as he spoke. I'm not sure how it came up, but he said he had no intentions of getting married because he didn't feel that way about anyone in his life. It was like a light shone down from heaven despite it being 3 in the morning and we were driving across the swamplands of Louisiana! It finally clicked for me that you get married because you love someone enough to be with them forever and only because of that. Marriage wasn't something you "should" do. It wasn't the "next step" in life. It was something you did when you wanted to...really, really wanted.

That moment I had true clarity. I knew that I had met Adrian just so I could hear those words at that exact moment. It's cool when you just know.