The Marrying Type

It's no secret that Grant has always had a bit of fondness for the ladies.  He used to flirt with waitresses (usually blonde) before he was two (often successfully... as the waitress would ask if she "could take him home.").  He carried around his princesses during the twos, and he had a strange fascination thing for Wonder Woman during the threes.  But, nothing has compared to Grant's first real love, a girl he met in BSF named Mikayla.

If you don't remember your first love, I get how you might be skeptical.  But, this is no joke.  Grant loves her with as much as a five-year-old boy can understand love.  He thinks about her, talks about her (boy, does he talk about her), dreams about her, and even plans the demise of any other potential suitors.  And, Mikayla loves Grant.  This love has prompted Grant to ask--over the last year--all about marriage.  How do people get married?  Why do they get married?  And, so we've explained as much as we can: from the asking of a blessing from fathers to finding someone who loves Jesus.

Recently, we were invited to spend the day with Mikayla and family at a nearby lake, and, as you can imagine, Grant was ecstatic.  He talked about it for days.  On the morning of, he asked who would be attending, and I listed the usual cast of characters including Mikayla, her brothers, her mother, and her father.   Grant has never met Mikayla's dad, and when I mentioned that he would be there, Grant broke out sobbing.

After calming him down, I asked Grant what was wrong.  He told me he was crying because he was scared... he thought he had to ask Mikayla's dad if he could marry Mikayla that very day, and the thought of making his intentions known and asking for her hand in marriage had rocked Grant to his core.

In the end, I explained to Grant that he could get married sometime after med school (just kidding--I couldn't care less what Grant decides to do), and he talked me down to 19.  I think he's relieved that it's 19 and not 5!  And, in the end, I think Mikayla's dad is more than okay with knowing his little girl isn't spoken for just yet!


Ultimately, I'm also endeared to know that Grant loves such quality girls.  Mikayla is sweet, kind, smart, nurturing, funny and loves Jesus.  She's all a future mother-in-law could hope for...