When “it” happens
See those windmills? They are located in southern Vermont. I was standing under those windmills when I decided to marry my husband. No, that’s not where he proposed, it’s just where I made my decision :) We were not even dating.
Ben is from southern Vermont, I am from here in Alabama. I went to a bible school in Florence ( AL) called Heart of David. Two of his brothers went there also.The first time I met Ben he and 2 more of his brothers had come down here to visit. I never thought that he’d be the one. He came he stayed for two weeks and he was gone. Later in the summer they came back and stayed for several months, and still..nothing, no butterflies in my belly, no inkling of an idea that he was the one.
The next summer me and other people from HOD went to Vermont to visit. We were all sitting down at Bean Heads drinking coffee and eating delicious snacks when we decided to go on a hike to see the windmills. Still… nothing. We all piled up in cars and drove to the trail, and started up the mountain. As we were all walking up the very long steep hill I looked around and there were people in front of me and behind me, but Ben was right beside me. We started talking, it wasn’t the first time we had spoken to each other, but it felt like it. As we were talking, “it” happened. Don’t ask me to explain “it” because I can’t. While “it” was happening I was giving myself a little talk in my head that went something like this “Brandice, do not fall for Ben…you don’t need a relationship..OH! and he lives 1100 miles away from you!” But by the time I got to the top of the mountain I had stopped all that foolish talk :)
There was a huge windmill blade laying on the ground, me and Mia were standing on one end of it, and Ben and someone else were on the other end. That is when I looked at Mia and said ” I think I am going to move to Vermont and marry Ben Senecal.” Don’t ask me what Mia’s reply was, I was busy planning my wedding.I am sure it was something equal to my giddy girl remark.
So, I moved to Vermont that fall, and Ben proposed in February ♥
Thought:Maybe “it” was the thiner air I was breathing as we got higher and higher up the mountain.. :)
