when we were down here last, some random events led me to discover that an ex of mine goes to my sissy’s church.  i was amused by the happenstance of it and pretty much forgot about it.  this morning, we went to church with my sissy and immediately ran into him as he is now working as a volunteer in the church.  it wasn’t awkward like some chance meetings… i haven’t seen him in about a decade and it was just like yesterday.  it was nice to catch up and meet his lovely wife.  i wish i could have met his little girls as well but they were already in the youth service.  i was very happy to see him all grown up and an active member of a great church.  neither one of us walked with God in our youth and it’s just amazing to me how life molds us.  he was my first love and, despite the bad times we went through (very few but very bad), i feel nothing but love for him now.  i knew when he proposed to me in middle school and gave me his grandmother’s ring that we would never grow up to get married – he always wanted to be a cop and i knew even then that i wasn’t made out of military/cop-wife material – but it is wonderful to know that we both ended up on the right roads for our lives.  i have a fabulous husband who is my best friend and shares amazing experiences with me.  he has a wife who is also a cop so they share a greater understanding than i could have ever given him.  it’s nice when God shows you that “what might have been” doesn’t hold a candle to what you have.