"this is where we fell in love"

a couple weeks ago me and desiree were waiting to go to the temple outside of our complex, when we saw a middle aged man squinting at each apartment looking all kinds of confused. 

ya'll have no idea how many people me and dez have helped find specific apartments, its like raintree is some type of corn maze on friday the 13th. people always get lost..

so of course we ask the man if he needs help finding an apartment.

he slowly turns towards us, hands in his pockets, an easy grin on his face, eye's glistening, and his black hair softly flowing in the utah breeze and he drags out a long "nooo" as he giggles to himself.

"i'm just remembering... this is where me and my wife met. this is where we fell in love." he said.

he pointed to my apartment (seriously my exact apartment), and then he pointed to my window. "she lived right there."

he then pointed to the boys apartment just right over the sidewalk, second floor to the left... "i lived there."

he then continued to tell us his story, all with his hands still in his pocket, a crooked grin, and eyes that looked like a seven year old in a candy shop.

"the first time i saw her she was standing on the balcony, pacing back and forth on the phone with who i figured was her boyfriend." 

then he stopped, laughed and looked at us with the expression of "duh" and said, "she was too pretty not to have a boyfriend."

then he continued, "that's how i first got her. i gave her a hard time about that phone call. it ended up being her mom, that made me feel smart. one day me and my roommate were sitting in our living room when we saw her screen fall out of her window and drop down the three stories. now this was the perfect opportunity. me and my roommate ran outside, grabbed the screen, ran up the flight of the stairs, and reinstalled it. we went back home, and not soon enough i saw a little hand push the screen back out again. this had now turned into a game, and i was going to win."

he stopped his story, shook his head and laughed.

"and i did win. she's forever mine."

i've never seen a grown man so stunned by his own love story.
with every sentence he giggled, and shook his head. almost as if he still couldn't believe he got her, that she was really all his.
i want my husband to share our story just like that man did.


it was perfect.