Writer's Workshop - The One

Tell us about the moment you knew your spouse was "The One".

Did I ever tell you how Scott and I met?

Well.... I guess today's the day.

Scott and I met...

over the phone.

Yup!

And no!!!!

Not like that!

Scott ran the logistics department at Nortel.

(This was back in the day when Nortel was huge in Ottawa.)

I was the supervisor at a local courier company.

Scott would call several times a day,

in need of something going from his office

to one of the other Nortel offices.

And after talking to someone

six times a day,

the conversations always included a

"how's it going?"

"How was your weekend?"

The Easter before we met,

I was single,

doing the dating thing.

Scott called one day,

to have something taken to another office

and I reminded him that Easter was coming.

He didn't get it.

I had to explain that he just asked me

to ensure that something very important

reach another office.

And I wanted chocolate for Easter.

I'd like to point out that:

a) some things never change

and

b) I bugged a few people to send me chocolate.

A few months later I resigned from my job.

I was going back to school

to get my teaching certificate.

I wanted to meet the people I had spent

the last two years 

chatting on the phone with.

Scott was one of those people.

We met.

We went on a few dates.

I liked spending time with him.

I had a box under my bed

with momentos.

One evening,

I was looking through the box

and found the note Scott had sent me

with my Easter chocolate.

(Yes, he sent me chocolate.)

This was the moment.

I like to say

I knew he was the one

before we ever met.

Why else would I have kept his note?

I didn't keep notes from anyone else.