That Sweet Kid Who Carried My Lunch Trays

About 24 years ago, my best friend decided to break up with her boyfriend.  I thought it was a great idea.  I really didn't care for the boy she was "dating" (this was 7th grade).  Actually, I pretty much thought he was a jerk who didn't care about anything.  I had let him know this a few times, too.

When they broke up, she returned some jewelry that he had given her.  She just felt like that was the right thing to do.  That day in the lunch line, he approached me and asked why she gave back that jewelry.  He seemed genuinely hurt that she would do this, and explained that it was a gift he meant for her to keep.  So we started talking.

Then he carried my lunch to the table.  We continued talking throughout lunch.

Almost every day after that, this boy would stand in line with me and carry my lunch tray to the table.  We became very good friends.  I learned that I was really wrong about him, and that he had a maturity and a respect for women that most boys his age didn't have.

When he travelled to California that summer, we wrote letters to each other.  We had become great friends, and we remained great friends throughout middle school and high school.  It wasn't until the end of our junior year that we actually started dating.

Eighteen years ago today, I said "I do" and married that boy. 

He's still just as sweet, he still shows me tremendous respect, and he's still a great friend.

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