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As time went on.....

The Love Story
Part Three

Carlos and I often found ourselves spending time together with just the two of us. Being that many of our "group" friends got married or were having kids, we were the singles who were able to stay out late or be more flexible in our schedules. I always had a million projects around my house that needed a man's touch and Carlos graciously offered his help. I wasn't sure just how handy he would be, but as the months passed, I had fewer outstanding "man jobs" around the house! He does GREAT work and proved to be quite competent.

Not only did he prove to be a great asset around the house, but most importantly, he loved my cats! And they liked him. On one occasion, one of my precious babies had to go to the vet on short notice and I was so upset. I got to the vet and within ten minutes of my arrival, Carlos walked in! He said he knew I would be upset and need support and he left work to come be with us. On another occasion, Carlos sat in my back yard reading his bible, when my cat Barty walked up to him and climbed into his lap and curled up as Carlos continued to read to him.

So Carlos became my stand-in man for dates to my friend's weddings, hockey games and karaoke out with friends, but he always knew there was something different about me, so he would pursue me in his own subtle ways. I went out for coffee one morning with a girlfriend and came home to a dozen roses. That day, Carlos took me out to sushi, ice cream, a movie and bought me 2 purses! This guy knew how to speak my love language! Nights out for Sushi became our past-time and we were very comfortable with each other. We loved the fact that we were the kind of friends who could wear sweats and not shower for each other!

Needless to say, over these next several months we were very close friends. I was still praying that God would bring me Mr. Right and asked him if Carlos was in the way.

Was I ever going to get it?

Somewhere in between........

The Love Story
Part Two

It should come as no surprise to those who know me that I certainly didn't stop and smell the roses. I was convinced that Carlos was my buddy and that we could go out on "dates", meanwhile, I was fervently praying for my Mr. Right.

During the course of these next several months, we went out in groups, celebrated New Years with friends and talked occasionally. I even had another guy come calling, but thank the Lord, that didn't work out the way I thought it would have. See, God KNEW what He was doing and I was oblivious. So at the time of this breakup, I was hurt and wondered when I was going to meet my special someone.......What I failed to see, is that I already had!

Stay tuned because this is where it starts to get GOOD!

Where it all began....... In 2006

The Love Story
Part One

Carlos and I met through some mutual friends of ours. He was best friends with Jason Bell and I was friends with Hannah Kellmer. Hannah would always talk about her friends Jason and Carlos and how she couldn't wait for them to move back to Spokane. She mentioned how they were some of her best friends and that she'd known them for awhile. When the infamous Jason and Carlos did finally move back to Spokane, we would often go out in groups (this group later formed our bible study called "The Gathering") and we would have coffee, see movies and get together for various outings.

Many of us friends noticed the compatibility of Jason and Hannah and we worked hard to get them together. It didn't take much on our part before God swung wide the doors for them and they began dating and about 7 months later, were married.

While they were still dating, we went on a double date over Valentines Day. Carlos realized that I was a single gal and Valentines Day is a time to spend with your sweetheart, so he invited me, as his friend, out for an evening with Jason and Hannah. We went out for Sushi and a movie and little did we know, this activity would become one of our favorite past times as a couple. That night, it started to snow and Carlos and I were locked out of the downtown parking garage because they had closed at 10pm and our movie got out much later. We walked downtown as we waited for Jason and Hannah to come back for us.

Hannah would often ask me what I thought of Carlos and encouraged me to like him. Carlos and I hung out as friends and I was set on that being all this relationship had in store......and than God stepped in.