Brieon and I have been friends since ninth grade. I even remember when we met. In Mrs. Middleton's biology class she volunteered to dissect my dead pig. (Do they still do this?? I almost want to throw up now.) Not just help but actually do it. In all fairness, she was volunteering to do everyone's pig but I still consider it an act of kindness that I will truly never be able to repay.
After that, we were inseparable.
Fast forward 10 odd years later. I am about to be married to Dan, and Brieon is in my wedding. She has just started dating Ken. She doesn't invite him, because she wants to take it slow. (I am silently wondering if that means he isn't as into her. I know he has just moved to Atlanta and she has been instantly taken by him. True to her love of strangers, she has been showing him all around the city). No, she says I just really like this one. I wonder if that means this is the ONE.
Recently we had their engagement party at our house. I watched them mingle around with interest. While Brieon is an open book, talking to whoever is in her immediate vicinity, Ken is often watching her. It is immediately apparent how attentive he is. Ken, perhaps slower to warm up, strikes up his conversations more deliberately and intentionally.* It is very evident how well they balance and complete each other. Yes, I think. This is her ONE.
Congratulations Brieon & Ken!!
After that, we were inseparable.
Fast forward 10 odd years later. I am about to be married to Dan, and Brieon is in my wedding. She has just started dating Ken. She doesn't invite him, because she wants to take it slow. (I am silently wondering if that means he isn't as into her. I know he has just moved to Atlanta and she has been instantly taken by him. True to her love of strangers, she has been showing him all around the city). No, she says I just really like this one. I wonder if that means this is the ONE.
Recently we had their engagement party at our house. I watched them mingle around with interest. While Brieon is an open book, talking to whoever is in her immediate vicinity, Ken is often watching her. It is immediately apparent how attentive he is. Ken, perhaps slower to warm up, strikes up his conversations more deliberately and intentionally.* It is very evident how well they balance and complete each other. Yes, I think. This is her ONE.
Congratulations Brieon & Ken!!
*If I do say so myself, Ken and I are alike in that way.
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