Today is my 7th wedding anniversary. Wow. 7 years. But, we have been together for over 23. Very long time.

You are probably saying, “Great! Congrats! But, this is a blog about intuition, so what does this have to do with that?” It has EVERYTHING to do with intuition.

Intuition is the whole reason we got together, way back in 1990. This was years before I even knew I had it. I was following it, and didn’t even realize it. Wow!

I was working at Hardee’s, and Chris was a receptionist at Supercuts. YES, a receptionist! (Smart boy-it was him, and 10 women!) He was a mere 18 years old, and I was 24. He looked older, I looked younger, I gave him lots of free food, yada yada yada, here we are today. yeah, right. It wasn’t quite that easy.

I knew there was something special about him, and had all this faith in him without even really knowing him, or knowing why. We hung out for a few months, a lot, became fast friends (with me having a massive crush on him, and him just wanting to be friends. the usual…see previous blog). I loved him from the start. It was crazy. In December 1990, he moved to Keystone to work and ski, and within a month, broke his collarbone. Then, he couldn’t ski, and was broke. So, I let him move in with me and my roommate, and sleep on the floor of my dining room.  (Hey, it was the only space available!). ALL my friends told me I was crazy, and just setting myself up to get hurt, but I didn’t care. It was the right thing to do. I was helping out a friend in need. That was the beginning of 5 years of being roommates, at 4 different apartments. The whole time, me loving him. And me KNOWING that deep down he loved me too. He just didn’t know it yet.

I should correct myself there. I had one friend, my best friend, who got it. She is very intuitive too, and still, to this day, doesn’t realize it. She always had my back with the “Chris situation”, even when no one else did. She saw in him what I saw, so she was always very supportive of our relationship, throughout the years. So, thank you, Kim! It was always nice to know someone saw the potential Chris had besides me!

The things I did for that boy…I got up at 2:00am every morning and drove him to work, I let him use my car to go party with his friends, I bought him lavish gifts for christmas when he had no money. I just had this gut feeling that, someday, we would be together and things would be great. My friends still didn’t get it. Everyone gave me a hard time about it–even the doctors I worked with at my receptionist job. I didn’t get it either. I just simply knew. i had no idea why I was so confident. i just WAS!

It took 5 years of this heartache for me to divulge my deep love for him, and it totally floored him. It only took a few months and a traumatic experience for him to realize he loved me back. That was November 1995. We got engaged in 2002, and married in 2006. (Yeah, we believe in taking it slow!)

It hasn’t always been easy. As all relationships, we have gone through our share of problems, but, deep down I know, we are lifers. That gut feeling that brought us together in the first place knows that no matter WHAT we go through, we will always be together. This makes hard times easier, and I just do my best to let it pass. He is doing so well now. He has been promoted at his job of 15 years,and is top-notch at what he does. There is not a problem that comes along that he can not seem to fix, and he is now the go-to guy for everyone. We now take care of each other, and wouldn’t be where we are today, without the love and support of each other.

When I met adorable, long-haired party boy Chris at 18, who knew he would turn out to be this confident, amazing man of so many talents? He didn’t. But, all those years of knowing how much I believed in him helped him too. sometimes, that is all it takes for someone to succeed in life. They can jump over all obstacles, knowing that they have love and support in their corner, which then leads to self-worth. love is all it takes. He didn’t have that one person who truly loved him and believed in him until me. I believed in him from the first day I knew him. i didn’t even know why. I just did, and I followed my heart. And, boy, am I glad I did!

So, now when I see women in the same situation I was in, I ask them “deep down, how do you feel about this person?” If they truly love him, then I tell them to never give up. Look at me! I am living proof!

So, here is to us, Chris McCaleb! I love you with all my heart, and know that we will have another 50 years together! Thank you for making me happier than I ever knew I could be! I love you!

until next time….