For my interview blog, I thought long and hard as to who I should interview. I considering interviewing some of my friends, but I figured we would probably all have close to the same point of view. I finally decided that I would interview my mom because, after all, her and my dad are who I have always looked up to to understand what love is.
I started out by asking my mom questions about when she met my dad. She told me about how they met when they were 21. About five months after they met they started dating but it didn't last very long. They became friends after that because my dad moved back to Huntsville after college and my mom stayed in Jackson, MS. During the time they dated however, my dad told my mom that he loved her. She told me that she said she knew in her heart she did too but she couldn't say the words back. Over the next three years my dad would come visit his friends in Jackson and would go and would get to see my mom too, but it wasn't until three years later that he finally said something to her. Three years after he moved back to Huntsville, he finally came to Jackson and asked my mom what they were doing with their lives acting the way they were. She finally told him that he was the one. A few months later they were engaged and three months after that they were married.
I knew some of this story already, so I knew it worked well with my topic. However I didn't know the whole story. I was shocked to find out that over all my parents were actually dating for less than a year. Considering they met when they were 21 and got married when they were 27, one year is not long at all. I asked my mom what gave her hope and patience. She responded with she never felt pressure to find a husband. She had a great life and she actually enjoyed being single. She said she had no intention of getting married right out of college. She also said though that during the time my dad was living in Huntsville she couldn't stop thinking about him. My mom said that she would think about him while she was teaching, watching television, anything. She could not get him out of her head. She explained that that was how she knew he was the one.
The one thing that stuck out the most to me that my mom told me was that she said she remembers praying to God asking Him to either get my dad off of her mind, or bring him back into her life so she could decide if she loved him or not. Well obviously we know the end results of that prayer. It made me think about how God has control of our love lives. He has someone picked out for us. My mom told me that she always believed someone was out there for her.
Your Mom and Dad, through my interactions with them, obviously love each other! I actually do not think it is that crazy to only date for a year before you get married. I guess that is just the Mormon in me because in our culture it is pretty typical to get married after a few months. It's typical but it doesn't happen all the time! My parents dated for 3 months before they got married. The only way it happened though was through the power of prayer. My dad knew she was the one from the beginning because he felt it in his mind and heart. My mom was literally knocked to her knees during a random prayer she was saying at the kitchen sink asking if he was the one for her. I believe it! I love that God created us with somebody else out there and even multiple someone elses because he wants us to have our own choice! I love that you interviewed your mom because she is such a loving soul!
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to see how connected love and religion are in your blog entries. Every time I read one of your posts, it's like I'm reading two because you cleanly tie in faith and God with love and romance. You blend them nicely together. I was surprised to see that your mom said she was happy being single when your special topic is on love. That definitely made me tilt my head when I read it.
ReplyDeleteThat is crazy Mary Morgan. What an awesome story? I always love reading your blogs, but I do feel kind of feminine when reading them. I totally agree with how you view this situation spiritually, but it would have been very interesting to see an interview with someone that did not have the same point of view as you and I. I would have loved to see someone else's view on this topic.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great person to interview! I know you've always looked up to your mom so finding her strengths in your weaknesses, I can tell has inspired you. I feel like this blog is helping you with patience, and doing this project is letting you dig deeper into what you want to find. I agree with Jake, getting a different perspective would've been neat, that way you could've compared your beliefs to theirs and then could've searched into why eachothers point of views are so different. I'm really enjoying all of your blogs!
ReplyDeleteI think every girl (and boy) looks up to, and finds hope in, their parents' love story. I know I do. Every time my dad tells me about how he literally saved my mom's life and later on married her, I get chills. It reminds me that God has someone out there just for me and I have to be patient! I love that this project actually made you find out more details than you knew before about their love story! As Jake and Samantha said a different perspective could be cool, maybe for the next post! But I think that interviewing your mom really helped to reinforced your own beliefs. I love how open you are with your posts and you are doing a great job!
ReplyDeleteWow mary morgan reading their story brought tears to my eyes!! I think it is just amazing and so encouraging how God already has the perfect person picked out for us!! I think choosing your mom to interview was a very good decision!! Like William said I think it would be very interesting to hear a guys point of view about this and maybe interview your dad!!
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