• Home
  • About
  • Work with Me
  • Shop
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

More Than Thursdays

Geek life, family style. Crafts, recipes, and general shenanigans

  • Adventures
    • California
    • Camping
    • Travel
  • Writing
    • Thoughts from Me
    • Motherhood
    • Kidney Stuff
  • Recipes
    • Drinks
    • Food
  • Projects
    • How-Tos
    • Show & Tell
  • Star Wars
  • The Thursdays

May 5, 2011 Uncategorized

The Cutest Boy

To put it mildly, I was not popular in high school. I had a few friends at school, girls to eat lunch with, but no one was clamoring for my attentions.

Early on, during my freshman and sophomore years, I spent a lot of time babysitting, and I eventually got a “real job” (read: shovelling popcorn at the local cineplex) so I filled my time with a lot of other things; I wasn't active in a lot of school activities that happened outside of school hours; I did yearbook, band and chorus, but after 2:40, my time was taken up with other things.

A significant portion of those “other things” involved my home church and diocesean events; our diocese covered basically the entire Bay Area, from San Jose to Marin, so I was making friends from all of those places, in my time outside of the school day.
And naturally, as teenaged girls are wont to do, I had A Crush. He was adorable and funny and everyone at camp liked him and wanted to be his friend. And everyone was his friend! He could make you laugh and give the sweetest hugs, but he didn't just save them for certain people; he gave them freely. He had a couple of buddies, and they were always around. Nice enough guys, but I never got to know them as well as I did My Crush.
All through high school, I'd only see him every couple of months; weekend long diocesean youth events, all-day gatherings and concerts… and BREAD camp.
Standing for “Bible, Recreation, Education And Discovery”, BREAD is a weeklong summer camp that's the place to be if you're a teenager in the Episcopal Diocese of California. Part theology, part traditional summer camp, all fun and amazing memories. Always, on that first day of BREAD, My Crush would make his rounds, passing out hugs and greetings of “Hi Lady!” (He was a big Animaniacs fan, I guess?) and it's a sound I can still hear in my mind now.
I'd savor that hug, since I knew it might be the only moment I'd have for the week. I'd do lots of admiring from afar, maybe end up at the same table at a meal, but that was it.
I was self-conscious and awkward, he was seemingly perfect.
And so I admired him from afar, knowing he was out of my league.
Knowing that nothing would ever come of this Crush, I even had a boyfriend at one point, my senior year, but every time my path crossed My Crush's, my heart would flip flop and he'd grin at me and I'd die a little.

But this prompt isn't about my high school daydreams. It's about where he is now.

Easy. I married him!

Eventually.

From left to right: The 2 best friends from summer camp, Dave and Austin
(now an Episcopal priest) Jamie and me, my sister Katie

A mere eight years post-high school, I snagged the boy man of my dreams, and married him 3 years after that. Now? We're working on our happily ever after!

This post is in response to the Mama Kat's Writers Workshop prompt,
“A boy you had a crush on…where is he now?”


18 Comments

« Easter 2011
Thursday #160 »

Comments

  1. Paulette says

    May 5, 2011 at 9:42 am

    OH AWESOME! Loved the pic in the crossing walk. =)

    Reply
  2. Vibha says

    May 5, 2011 at 10:11 am

    That's beautiful and romantic .

    Reply
  3. JDaniel4's Mom says

    May 5, 2011 at 10:25 am

    Hooray! I love stories that have happy endings.

    Reply
  4. ryteclick says

    May 5, 2011 at 12:14 pm

    Yay! I like happy endings.

    Reply
  5. Elena says

    May 5, 2011 at 1:02 pm

    That is a beautiful story! I love that you even had people from summer camp in your wedding. So cool!

    Reply
  6. Sober Julie says

    May 5, 2011 at 1:38 pm

    lol that's awesome, a mere 8 years ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Reply
  7. Amanda says

    May 5, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    That's fantastic! I'm very happy for you. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  8. Jessica says

    May 5, 2011 at 4:50 pm

    How sweet that you married your crush. What a cute wedding picture in the middle of the street.

    Reply
  9. shamrockgrl74 says

    May 5, 2011 at 6:42 pm

    i forgot you guys knew each other back in the HS days. So sweet! and so Romantic!!! I love it!!

    Reply
  10. Jenna says

    May 5, 2011 at 8:05 pm

    looooooooove this!

    swooon swooon swooon !!

    Reply
  11. Bruna says

    May 5, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    I love this post! SOOO romantic:) You had me hanging on every word and I was secretly hoping that you would end off by saying you married your crush. Yay for you! Love the pics too:)

    Thanks for linking up with Let's BEE Friends Friday:)

    Reply
  12. {Not Quite} Susie says

    May 5, 2011 at 11:15 pm

    Aww congrats! I had a similar post today from this prompt- hooray for us & our high school sweethearts! ๐Ÿ™‚ Love the wedding pictures by the way- the first one is so sweet & the second is too funny! &Your dress is gorgeous! ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  13. Barbara says

    May 6, 2011 at 4:07 am

    That is such a sweet story that you ended up marrying "your crush"! I love the wedding picture with everyone in the street!

    Reply
  14. Sarah B. says

    May 6, 2011 at 10:22 am

    *GASP* I was hoping this story had a happy ending ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  15. Mrs. Weber says

    May 6, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    This one time at camp…I met the man of my dreams. Love a story with a happy ending ๐Ÿ™‚ Visiting from Mommy is in Timeout!

    Reply
  16. Hungrigyrl says

    May 7, 2011 at 10:02 am

    Awesome! You scored your CRUSH! I'm new to your blog from Let's Bee Friends! Looking forward to more of your posts. Stop by when you have time, http://hungrigyrl.blogspot.com. Have a great weekend! I'm a Bay Area girl too!

    Reply
  17. Dana @ WhatWereWeThinking? says

    May 7, 2011 at 12:39 pm

    This is so awesome!

    (and what a great dress!)

    visiting from Let's Bee Friends

    Reply
  18. leslaz says

    May 17, 2011 at 12:51 pm

    I love that I never connected the Jamie from camp with the Jamie you are married to!!!! Love this story! xoxo

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Welcome, I'm so glad you're here! Thing number one, I'm tall. I've been told I should have a warning on my blog, so here it is! I am taller in real life than I appear on the internet. Want to know more than this "short" version? Go here to read more about me and my family, and for links to some of my favorite posts.
Facebook
Facebook
Facebook

Disclosures

Privacy Policy

More than Thursdays is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Copyright © 2023 · Lizz Porter All Rights Reserved

Copyright © 2023 ยท Divine Theme on Genesis Framework ยท WordPress ยท Log in

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Email