The Conversation: The Night Our Journey Began
The Conversation: The Night Our Journey Began Sometimes I think the most important moments in our lives don't announce themselves when they happen. There is no music playing in the background. No one tells you, Remember this night. This is where your life changes. Sometimes it is simply a Saturday night, a home-cooked dinner, two college students sitting across from each other, and a conversation that lasts until almost midnight. That was us. We had been dating for about four months in college. Four months doesn't sound like very long now, but at the time, I was completely smitten with him. And I do mean smitten. My first impressions of him were that he was quiet, serious, thoughtful and incredibly self-controlled. He wasn't the kind of guy who needed to be the center of attention. He didn't talk just to fill the silence. When he spoke, I tended to listen because I knew he had actually thought about what he was saying. There was something about that that drew me in. I a...