My Love Story

We all have a "Love Story", mine is nothing special but, I want to share it in hopes that you might share yours with me.  Why? because next month we will be celebrating Valentine's Day and we want to help you celebrate it by sending you and "the love of your life"  to a date night. Dinner at a nice restaurant, a movie and child care. Remember!? like you used to do before you had kids?!

Even though, I can't wait to read your love stories, my purpose is to remind everyone, myself included, why this man is so special to you. SOoo, after you write your story, write why you love him so much and why he is so special to you and then don't forget to tell him. Thanks for sharing.

xo, L

I moved to Connecticut to complete my training in Pediatric Dentistry. We spent the first month taking a crash course on Anatomy and Histology. During this time, all the residents from different programs took these classes together. That is where I saw Greg for the first time. He came into the conference room wearing shorts and sandals and I was appalled. I thought how dare he come to class like that, he is a doctor! My dental school was very conservative, all the boys were required to wear pants and sometimes even a tie for class so needless to say I was shocked.

Our first conversation didn't go so well either, there was an ice-breaker exercise and I got Greg's name (I did not know it was Greg at the time). I really didn't feel like doing it so, I just spoke to my fellow residents and waited for the exercise to be over. After it was over, the teacher asked if everyone had been found and I thought "There is no way that whoever I got will say they weren't found" Sure enough he raised his hand. So, I Had to walk over to him and talk to him for a while. He was not that nice... so I liked him even less. 

He would sit in the very back of the conference room everyday with his buddy and was not that friendly, when we were preparing for our final Anatomy exam, we were in the lab working on heads and studying. He came into the lab and starting going to every table and looking at the head for a while. Finally he got to my table and when I looked up, I smiled...why? I don't know but, he looked at me and turned around and left. I disliked him even more.

To make a long story short, we both passed our classes and that night after getting our scores,  I got a call  from a friend inviting my roommate and I to go out for dinner with the rest of the residents. I asked who was going and "Greg Libby" was on the list and I told my friend, if Greg Libby is there I am not going, I hate that guy! He was interested in my roommate so he insisted until I agreed. We show up and who sits in front of me? The infamous, Greg Libby and I just about died...I thought "I am staying for dinner and I am out of here!"  Pretty soon, he starts to try to talk to me and he was actually pleasant and then we all went out dancing and he could actually move so I thought, I can hang out with this guy! We can be friends. Did I mention I had a boyfriend I had been dating for 5 years?

Needless to say, I broke up with my boyfriend and began dating Greg immediately. We were engaged to be married 13 months later and were married 2 months after that in Connecticut. We had no money so, Greg made my engagement band (no diamond) with scrap gold from the dental lab and we borrowed his friend's ring for the ceremony with the justice of the peace and bought his ring later. 

I love Greg because he is the most unselfish person I know, he cares about us more than himself.  He always is kind, gentle, loving, trustworthy, supportive and loves me with all of my flaws (and they are many). He is the best father in the world, and although he is very loving with his boys he is also tough. He loves the Lord and that makes me love him even more. 

I love to spend time with him, he is truly my best friend. I also happen to think he is the most handsome man in the entire world...   I am the luckiest girl in the world!