Wanda Mann

I hope you're in good humour, because today's chapter must be read that way. It always makes me smile when I recall my 1st date with my husband. (or something like that :)

"Today I met the boy I'm going to marry"... 
Well, that might have been someone else's song, but it did become mine too... eventually.  I remember the first time I saw him.  I can still see him there scrawled sideways on the armchair.  I remember the way his hair went and the colour of his clothing.  We were at our youth leader's house and he was the new guy.  That's all I can recall though of that first time and there was definitely nothing about marriage being sung.  Anyway, I must have shifted my focus; probably because I was dating someone else!

A few months went by.  I was no longer going out with the guy I had been seeing, and Bruce was also 'available'.  I wasn't the only one in our small group of friends to notice his availability though so, the pursuit began.  (Oh come on, don't tell me you've never pursued anyone before! :)  You know what I mean; you just randomly make sure that you're around to be able to comment, help out in a time of need, laugh at one of their jokes, or just look pretty.  Oh, I know this sounds crazy but something in me just wanted to get to know this guy... and he didn't seem to mind either.

The 1st time he came to our house was after a mud-soccer game that a bunch of us were playing.  His family lived about a 1/2 hour away so I offered our house to get showered and cleaned up for something we were all going to later that day.  I do remember one of the other girls offering the same convenience to him as well... Anyway, there really wasn't anything more to it than that, except for my parents starting to ask questions.

OK.  So here's the fun part!  Bruce's sister was getting married ...