Ode to Chris….
I know that I have a hard time opening up and expressing my feelings and showing people how much I care…..SO this is my first attempt for me trying to express how I feel…..
Have you ever met someone in your life that you just knew…something special was about to happen…that is what happened when I met Chris.
I told Chris (my co-worker) that I would write a blog about him; so this is the story of Chris.
When I first started working at BTC I was assigned to share a computer with Chris. I saw him and I was thinking, “Praise God this man is cute.” But then (as always in the life of Marianna) I found out he was married; Damm, My luck! But as usual, I picked myself up and thought, “Hey we can at least be friends.” For the first week he didn’t even talk to me. I thought to myself, “who is this guy? Does he not talk?” Then I remember, one day he bursted into the office and told me some story of one of his member’s crapping in her pants at the mall. And that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. As time slowly pasted Chris and I started talking a little more everyday. I found out that he was a fun guy and had a great sense of humor. Now we are at the point that we talk throughout the day. He keeps me sane or he drives me insane. Sometimes I want to beat the living crap out of him other times I want to give him the biggest bear hug ummmmm….
Chris is a mirror image of me. I’ve never met someone so like me before. He acts just like me. I never in my life….He is witty and a smart ass. He wins people over by his friendly manners. But at the same time he is a loner and stays to himself. He doesn’t talk to anyone unless he feels comfortable or they talk to him first. He loves the country and hopes one day to run his father-in-law’s farm. His heart is with his son. I can only imagine that he will be that best dad. He has such a big heart and I can tell by his mannerism that truly cares about people. I don’t know how to explain it but I can just tell that he cares…his heart is right out there. He is one of the most beautiful creatures I’ve known inside and out. He is insecure about himself and I don’t understand why, if he could only see himself as other’s see him. He if could only see…. just…. How…. Beautiful… he is. And I’m not talking just about his physical looks (don’t get me wrong…he is gorgeous) but I’m talking about who HE is as a person. I’ve met people in my life that have been good-looking on the outside and on the inside they’re ugly and vise versa. But it is unique to find someone that is just as beautiful on the inside as on the out.
He is wickedly cruel to me and I know that it is just one of his unusual ways of showing that he cares. He always tells me, “only to you.” This of course goes back to, beating the living crap out of him or giving him a bear hug. I don’t know why he was put into my life and I still wonder about it everyday. I would be very sad if he ever left BTC. I think I would… actually…. Probably… cry. My heart is over whelmed with joy that we have become friends. And like all my friends I thank God everyday that he was brought into my life.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.–Marianne Williamson
