Maggie K. Black here! It’s my very first
blog post and I’m remembering a fierce battle of wills I witnessed twenty years
ago.
I’d never seen a young man teased so badly!
Or handle it so calmly. I was twenty-one and I’d gone to a comedy club with a
large group of fellow students. For some reason, the terrible stand up comedian
decided to pick on the rather dashing and clean cut young man named Michael at
the far end of our table.
Poor Michael. No matter how hard he tried
not to get lured into a fight, the comedian goaded him, relentlessly, about the
fact he went to church, was involved in politics and wanted to become a
teacher. Time and again, the room would hold its breath waiting to see what jab
would make Michael lose his temper. But instead he held his cool. And even
though some of his views were very different from mine, I respected the way he
handled himself with strength and respect. It even captured my heart.
At least, until the comedian asked him the
fateful question, “Michael, do you have a girlfriend?”
“No Sir,” Michael replied. “And I’m not
looking for one.”
My heart sank. Mutual friends introduced us
after the show and we started talking.
“I don’t want a girlfriend,” he said to me,
earnestly, his green eyes wide. “I really mean it.”
But that was okay. We could be friends. We
went to a movie a few days later and then I invited him over for dinner. He was
fascinating, funny and kind, with the wonderful ability to discuss interesting
topics while respecting the fact we didn’t always agree. I seem to remember our
biggest fight was over the fact I wanted dogs and he didn’t.
Three months later, to my total shock, he
proposed.
“I still don’t want a girlfriend,” he said.
“But I want you as my wife.”
I told him to wait six months and ask me
again. Which he did and I said yes!
It definitely confused some people that we
got married so young and so quickly. But, after almost twenty years together,
I’m so very thankful for all the adventures we’ve been able to share.
Now, he proofreads all my Love Inspired
Suspense books, and says that when my heroes and heroines spar and argue in the face of danger it reminds him of us!
He’s been the perfect, steadfast hero for me to face down each challenge and battle that life threw our way. And while we each won and lost our fair share of disagreements, I did finally get my dogs.
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