Preparing for Eternity- learning to accept the Love you deserve

One day (only a couple days after our original messaging) at work Ben and I had been texting all day. Ben is the GM at Papa John's (in Heber at the time). So, he has a lot of responsibility, and a lot of late nights like I do. So, texting throughout the day is how we got learn about each other.

 Well, this day I had just finished with my last client, I gathered my things and I went out side. I usually park my jeep facing the salon so I can keep an eye on it but for some reason I had it facing the back of the parking lot. I set my things on the front seat and when I looked forward there were flowers on the hood. My initial thought was, 'someone left their flowers.'  Then I noticed they were purposefully tucked in the light guard I had on my light. Which confused me even more. 'Maybe Courtney stopped by to surprise me, she does stuff like that? Or Nicole? But usually only of they hear I had a bad day..?..' I was seriously confused. I was driving with the flowers sitting next to me and I couldn't help but get a little teary-eyed because someone, somewhere, was thinking about me...

 I put them in a vase, took pictures, bragged on Facebook hoping to show appreciation to whomever had surprised me. I was texting Ben again, picking up where we left of. A little while later he asked if anything had happened that day. In my head I thought there is no way this stranger left flowers for me, so I didn't say anything. A little bit later he asked, "Am I in trouble?" Haha I was confused and said, "No, why would you be?" It look him a while and his next text said, "flowers". 

I was overcome with emotion! I didn't just let a few tears fall, I was sobbing! I had never in my 25 years recieved flowers Just Because or been pursued by a guy like this. Ben will never know, no matter how many times I tell him, how much those flowers and that gesture meant to me! And still means to me! I knew this man knows how to treat a woman and make her feel special no matter how far he lives, no matter how busy he is at work, no matter that we haven't even met in person! These flowers said so much! They said, "You mean something to me", "I want to know you more", "I will treat you with respect and continually show you bhow much I care". At the time, they were meant to show that Ben was interested in meeting me in person and that he was the type of man to go out of his way to show it. He told me these were the first of many flowers.