As I sat depressed and crying over life's heartaches, I gathered myself and prayed. I prayed that God would hear my heart and heal my hurts. I prayed that God would give me strength to battle another day. The reality was that I was a broken-hearted widow with a small child whose world had just been flipped upside down.

I prayed.....

In casual conversation, I told my best friend and her husband to connect me with a decent guy who could occupy my time because I was lonely. My BFF threw out a name, and after digging up pictures, I thought... he's cute. Give him my number.

A Call....

My phone rang, and we briefly introduced ourselves. He explained how complicated his life was and that he could only be a cool friend. We hung up.

I called him back and told him that he could drop the "304 Orientation." We laughed. Four hours later, we were still on the phone. We then realized it was Valentine's Day.

We dated.....

We discussed life....

We eloped.....