Matthew Duffy on Nostr: I grew up in Utah but my dad is from California, so when I moved out it was to ...

I grew up in Utah but my dad is from California, so when I moved out it was to northern California to live among extended family here.
There was a state wide, weekend long church function for the young singles that I didn't want to go to but everyone else was so I figured what the heck, and I caught a ride. My wife was about five months out from her divorce and didn't want to go either, but was supporting her sisters who were going.
Now, I'm basically deaf without hearing aids and was studying sign language so naturally when I arrived I wanted to find anyone else who is Deaf or using ASL, and I found them. My now wife was also just starting to learn ASL so she was there in that circle too. We got in line for dinner and started chatting, but got split up.
At the end of the night my ride was leaving but I made the excuse that I needed to go to the bathroom before the three hour drive, but I was looking for her too. She had left the building but came back in for some reason and was, coincidentally, right by the bathrooms. I found her, got her information, and after almost three and a half years of dating we got married, and now seven and a half years later we've added three more kids to the two she already had. Lots of divine intervention, but we fit each other so well, so we figure He knows what He's doing.