God is SO infinitely GOOD and JUST and AWESOME and WOW. wow wow wow wow wow. I honestly cannot believe this. December 12th 2009 was two days ago and it was HUGE. The reason being, I asked Lauren Celeste Moriconi to be mine forever.
For those who don't know her...she's the little 4' 11" ball of joy and compassion that I'm constantly following around :). I have been so blessed to have had God not only answer my prayers but for giving me so much more than I ever thought possible at such a young age. All the glory to Him, for creating such a fascinating and wonderfully radiant soul in Lauren.
I met Lauren on a Wednesday night in early 2008. After I had been living at DBU for a few months during my first semester, me and my (now most recent roomate and one of my absolute best friends ever) Wes began going to the Wednesday night College group gatherings at First Euless in Euless, TX. On this particular night we were going to Mission Arlington to help out with stocking canned foods. Lauren came as a friend of Lindsey Buchmann (One of the girls who regularly attended Wednesday nights.....also a hilariously awkward friend). As the night moved forward I found myself handing her canned peas over and over again. In retrospect I think I strongly misjudged her stature and handed her way too many cans at one time for such a tiny little lady. However she seemed to smile and make small talk nonetheless. At the end of the night I didn't see myself pursuing her...in other words it wasn't love at first sight, but there was definitely a new friend in the works! A day or two later she added me as a friend on facebook. If somehow you haven't heard of facebook... this has to be the ultimate way to get to know someone else! I still remember her picture being that one with the pretty flower, and the even prettier smile! I knew I wanted to see this girl again!
One Wednesday night the college group went to Taco Cabana afterwords and we had some horrible nachos...Lauren seemed really interested in the fact that we had the same major and I wound up forgetting about my wasted money on the nachos..Ha I remember her asking me lots of questions.
I remember the first day we hung out was in March...I had suggested we meet at DBU and then I would run errands with her, which included her picking up a friend from the airport. That was the BEST DAY OF MY LIFE! I've honestly never had that much fun getting to know another human being! She was so amazing and intriguing, that I asked her to hang out with me the next day. It was awesome............I could keep going on forever about how much fun, joy, happiness, and excitement this girl has brought to my life! The point is God brought us together.. we fell in love and I gradually realized I never wanted to imagine my life without her right beside me. Thank you God in heaven that she feels the same way!!!! She said yes! And I am so excited!!
The Lord is the reason for it all, and I pray we keep Him as our only cornerstone forever.
Thanks to everyone for all the prayer and support. I love you all!
God bless.
taylor
