back to work

so i'm back in columbia... people keep asking me if i'm home, and i guess i am, but i'm home in clemson too. this reattaching-detaching stuff doesn't get easier, but i'm back

being back for the summer means being back at work - lovely fun. really, i do like my job... i even like the people i work with - how many people get that?

so tonight at work, while my legs were killing me and i was wishing i could be both home and getting paid at the same time, i sat a couple in a booth like normal. i always love seating happy people - not just happy but joyful people - and this couple was joyful. the lady touched my shoulder and complimented my shirt, calling it adorable and darling. i liked her - she was fun. so i said my speech, did the routine, and told them to enjoy their night before leaving the table and going to seat other people and bus other tables. as i was clearing a table near the couple, i noticed them holding hands and praying over their food... it wasn't just a normal 'bow your head for five seconds and say grace' kinda prayer - it was earnest in their expressions. with their eyes closed, she was praying and he was agreeing with her by nodding his head. it was cool to watch. about an hour or so later one of my coworkers came up and said that the man had just proposed. i glanced at the table and could tell she had accepted, a bit later they were walking out and i congratulated her - she gladly showed off her ring and told me that she had never been married before, and now on her 47th birthday she was engaged. she had the greatest smile on her face. it was awesome.

so as i was driving home, i was thinking about the lady and how she waited 47 years just to be engaged. that's a long time, but you could tell just by looking at her that she wasn't settling for just any man, and that she was perfectly content. there was no grumbling, no regret, just sheer joy that she was engaged.

this woman waited for 47 years.
that's awesome.