Crash Into Me

The End

And then the Memorial Day Massacre hit. My parents had come to visit and bring the rest of my stuff down. Plus they really wanted to meet this girl that they had been hearing so much about. From my perspective, the visit went great. Bray was in town, we played a little volleyball, went out on the boat with Walker, Hunter, Joel and Jonathon, and had a ball. Mom made her home-made ice cream and life was peachy. But apparently Mr. Rockett hadn’t seen it that way. There were some “red flags” as he called them, one of which was a definite error in judgement on my part. You see, when I decided to have a day of fun on the boat, it meant that Lacey was stuck by herself with my parents, who she didn’t really know at all. Not that it was a big deal, it was just insensitive of me. And that among other things were disheartening to Mr. R. He had a subsequent meeting with Lacey, and after that, well, let’s just say that I’ve never been so heartbroken after seeing my (now) wife cry like that. I didn’t let it phase me though, I kept pushing on as hard as I could. It was just apparent that things weren’t going to proceed as quickly or easily as Lacey and I had hoped. But that turned out to be the best thing for everybody. We started playing cards once a week with the Rocketts, we took a parent-approved road trip to Indiana for the 4th of July, and by the time the Rockett family reunion took place in August of ’03, I was invited and we were courting. After that, things moved pretty quickly. We were engaged by November, convinced Mr. Rockett that June was the ONLY time to get married, and to make a REALLY long story as short as possible (on the fourth part) were married June 5th, 2004. It was a beautiful wedding, with an awesome reception (thanks to Aunt Mary and Uncle John) in which everybody had a great time (drinking) dancing to the music that I picked out. I’ll spare you the details about the planning of the wedding, the wedding week and the honeymoon. Let’s just say, I miss Mexico! And now, praise be to God! Lacey is expecting! Two and a half years later, and it seems like the blink of an eye. So much has changed since then, but I couldn’t be happier. I’m in love with the most wonderful woman in the world, and I pray that everyone else can be as fortunate as I am. So that’s the story of how Lacey and I met. Told you we met over the internet:)