5 posts tagged “qotd”

What event changed your life for the better?
Submitted by Kasey.

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Meeting my husband, J. I met him through his brother. I was home from college for the summer. I worked for Parks and Rec. for the town. His brother was my boss. I remember the day he pulled up to chat with his brother. J was driving a truck and I thought he was so cute in it. Then he started showing up more and more. Just to say "hi". He let me drive his new car - and I was completely shocked by his music collection (hello, Mariah? Country?). 

It wasn't until we took a ride in the jeep that I knew something was different about him. His father had bought an old CJ5 with big tires on it - how could I resist hopping in? We had some small talk and then he asked how I was. "So. How are you?" This would appear like a regular chit-chat piece but it wasn't. It was like he was asking how I was doing as a person, inside. I remember pausing before answering because it seemed like such an intimate question.

Weeks later I had a party with some of my college friends and some local friends. J came and hung out (little did I know how big this was- he is not the party type AT ALL). Most of us were camping out that night. The next day was July 4th. Of course, I woke up sick. Fever and The Works. The guy I was seeing at the time (and all my friends) took off they had better things to do. J, however, made me stay on the couch. He brought movies and snacks over. I think I fell asleep on him but when I woke up he was still there.

That was just the start of things. Almost 9 years ago.

I never knew how much he would change my life. I swear he knows me better than I know myself. But he really has allowed me to spread my wings. He has given me my voice. I use to allow people to walk all over me- even people closest to me- J really showed me how to speak up and take a stand for who I am. He has been with me every step, every challenge and every happiness. I have never met anyone as caring, hard, loving, tough, and supportive as him. All of this still continues, after all this time. After marriage. After having a baby. He is still right there. J works hard and sometimes long hours but it doesn't matter - when he's home, he is truly there. I always say there isn't enough hours in the day but somehow he manages to make it feel like we've got more time with him than we actually do.

So yes. My life-changing event was meeting my husband.

I just didn't know it at the time.

What was your first car?

It was a 1987 Chevrolet Spectrum. A car they don't make anymore. I loved this car. It was powder blue, four door, stick shift and had a sun roof. It wasn't fabulous by any means but it gave me a glimpse of freedom. I made out for the first time in that car... that is until I loaded the backseat with speakers. Then all make-out sessions occurred in the front seat.

Before we bought it, my mom had taken Old Blue for a test drive. About a year after I owned it, she confessed she tried to "peel out" with it before the purchase was made. I asked if she had any luck with it. She said no. The devilish grin on my face prompted her to ask, "Why? Did you?"

I couldn't lie. "Multiple times."

What products can't you live without?
Submitted by galindafied.

Chapstick. Hands down.

If you could go back and change one thing you've done in your life, what would it be?
Submitted by Devinoid.

  This is a harder question than you might think.  It's not that I have so many bad mistakes choose from but it has more to do with how I don't think I would change anything.  I am happy where I'm at in this moment and everything I've done in my life has lead me to this point.  I have had to learn some hard lessons but each one has helped me grow in a way that wouldn't have happened if I didn't have that experience.  Believe me, there are MANY things that I wish at the time I could've changed but looking back now, I know it was for the best.  Same applies for the now - there are tough lessons I'll need to learn in the future but I know in the end it'll be worth it.

How are you celebrating St. Patrick's Day?

Oh, just the usual.  My day will be filled with all things baby and some things household.  With any luck, I will have time to work on my manuscript as well as critique a fellow college's work. I may have just enough time for a glass of wine.  Or five.