Very Special Date

I am warning you before you read this, that this was a very special date. At the beginning of my journal entry I wrote,"Last night was so special I don't even want to write about it." Early in April, Bill had called me midweek to invite me to WARD TEMPLE NIGHT! Yes, Ward Temple Night! Our ward used to go together as a ward once a month. Not only was it WARD TEMPLE NIGHT, but it was Ward Conference. This meant that all of the people from the Stake would be there, a special meeting in the Priesthood Room at the Temple, AND and an ice cream social after. I wrote that I was "weak in the knees excited". He picked me up that Friday at ten til six. He looked fabulous. Remember this is our first "dress up" and public date! My smooth Guy told me that I "looked nice, but you always look nice--very attractive woman"--Such grown up words. I bravely told him how good he looked. I said, "I always think it, but never say it." On the way I was trying to fix my bracelet around my watch, and he helped me, then held my hand til we got off the freeway (darn gear shift). Keep in mind we are in his little red pickup with Texas license plates. Oh how I wish I had a picture of that truck!! We were in the Ogden Temple District at that time, so all this happened at the Ogden Temple. After the meeting we were going up the escalator for the session, and he asked me about the prayer circle. I said that I would love to, and he said that we would "see how it went". Always in charge! SUCH an amazing feeling! Still remember it. Still feel it! Still LOVE it! The session was very crowded, and we were way in the back, but we still went up. Almost passed out! I can only imagine what everyone was thinking. Lots of kind comments to us afterwards. Of course, you know that I am going to tell you we stayed in the Celestial Room after everyone had left. We just sat there talking for about ten minutes with his arm around me. WOW! I could have stayed forever. A dear friend in the dressing room told me that My Guy was grinning from ear to ear when we went up for the prayer circle. We held hands all the way home. When we walked into the church for the social, I "took his arm", and he exclaimed, "Oh, that feels so good!" Always love to "take his arm". Our dear friend and Stake President came up to us at the party and said, "You guys looked really good up there!" We sat in the truck holding hands and talking for a while when he took me home. We weren't making out yet, but I got some very tender kisses. Walked me in and stayed long enough to give me a "huge, warm, tight, and wonderful hug". I was floating. Finally went to sleep after two. When I went to school the next day, I no longer had to wonder what everyone was thinking. A lot of my students were in my ward. One darling girl whose parents had been at the temple with us told the class that Bill and I had been at the temple the night before, and we had done something "that only married people do at the temple"!! Honestly, I am not exaggerating one word. I felt like I knew I was in love by then, even though we had only been seeing each other about a month. It really doesn't take long when it's right. I just wasn't sure how I felt about being in love. VERY scary. I felt very blessed and thought how kind and good he was. As the song perfectly describes us, "two less lonely people in the world".