[Ansteorra] time for a different topic

[cehuse]

Now, I like this subject! :-)

This is a long story, but it all makes sense...

I was a single mother nearly 5 years ago, with 2 small children. I was working
under a contract (for blind people) for the federal government and was in
college. Well, it was Halloween and I came to work dressed in a beautiful
Victorian gown that I had rented for a Halloween party that weekend with my
college friends.

Anyways, I was walking down the hall towards when I ran into a woman dressed in
a really pretty cloak, tunic and all these really neat things (they were site
token) hanging off her belt. This lady was Lady Elizabeth Hawkwood. She
commented on my gown and we struck up a conversation. Well, the conversation led
to the SCA and she gave me copies after work of the Black Star and the Elfsea
Scroll and showed me pictures of events. It sounded like so much fun and seemed
very family friendly! I thought, "Could this be the group I have been looking
for? One that I can do things with both of my children?"  I put the newsletters
away when I got home and forgot about them...after all, I was still in school
and my grades meant everything to me.

Two years later, I had graduated with straight A's, had made the National Dean's
list 3 times and the local Dean's list every semester I had attended. I was
excited that all my hard work was coming to an end and I would soon be able to
get a better paying (and much more stable job). But, I was sad because the only
friends I had were my friends in college and I knew that soon I would probably
never see them again. Well, I was cleaning out old papers one weekend after
graduation and came across those newsletters. Fighter Practice was that day, in
only a couple of hours and just around the corner from my apartment. So, I
gathered up the kids and took them to practice. Diane loved all the lovely gowns
and Ryan loved the heavy fighters. I loved talking to Lady Eleanor (she was so
very much in love with Lord Sebastian...he bowled me over completely when he
lightly kissed my hand. Ok, I admit I read historical romance novels).

So, we went to something called "Moot". I loved it! Lady Ameliene told me to go
talk to Lord Phelippe Descors about a subscription to the Barony's local
newsletter. He was rather scrappy looking (he had not shaved in a couple of days
and was wearing really sloppy clothes)...and he was a bit abrupt with me. So, I
shrugged him off and paid for my subscription.

I went to Baronial College the following weekend and had a blast! He swears he
saw me there and that we talked. I don't remember ever seeing him there, much
less conversing with him.

Two weeks went by and I wanted to go to Scarborough Faire. When I picked him up
my first thought was, "He cleans up very nicely and he does know what a razor if
for! He's pretty cute!" We went together and spent the whole day there. I spoke
to him of things I would never talk to another person about, much less a another
man. It was like we had known each other our entire lifetimes.

Well, 3 weeks later was Springfaire and I put on the list asking if I could camp
with anyone. He responded and said that I was more than welcome to spend the
weekend in his encampment. The kids were packed off to their dad's and I left
for the weekend. When I got there, a massive wind came through and I became a
human kite while trying to get my fly on my tent (but that's another
story)...Phelippe was on the list field trying to keep the Baronial pavilion
from sailing into Meridies. When he came to our shared encampment (looking
wind-blown and scrappy..again), he rescued me and my tent. He told me at that
time, "I remember you now...we went to Scarborough Faire together!" I was a bit
miffed. How can you spend an entire day with someone and not remember them?

Well, we spent that Saturday night under the stars walking hand in hand. On
Sunday, when it was time to go, it was very hard for us to depart from each
others company. It was instant love.

A proposal at Defender that year and nearly two years later, we are now very
happily married with a new baby girl. I now feel totally complete in my
life....A wonderful, thoughtful loving husband, 3 beautiful children and more
friends than I have ever had in my entire lifetime. Why? Because, Lady Elizabeth
wore her garb for Halloween!

Maria

*** St. Theresa's Prayer ****
May today there be peace within
May you trust your highest power that you are exactly where you are meant to
be....
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has
been given to you....
May you be content knowing you are a child of God....
Let this presence settle into our bones, and allow your soul the freedom to
sing, and dance,
It is there for each and every one of you....

> -----Original Message-----
> Well, I think we've all flogged the dead horse of getting help, chivalry,
> etc., ad nauseum, to death.  How about a different topic?
>
> I was recently explaining to my brother how I met my significant other:  We
> had seen each other a few times in a bookstore where I worked, and made
> passing comments to each other on various topics.  One day when I finally
> had the opportunity to ring up a sale for him, I noticed the book he had
> ordered had Celtic knotwork on the cover.  I made some comment about it, and
> our conversation eventually drifted to the S.C.A.  I said I had heard a bit
> about it from some people I worked with at Scarborough Faire.  He offered to
> bring me some newsletters (back in the day when they were more than just
> event announcements) and a couple of T.I.s, and would talk about the SCA and
> answer any questions I had over a cup of tea, if I cared to join him after
> work.
>
> The hook was, I think, that he had a different line.  He didn't ask me out
> for a beer or a drink at a bar, or even for my phone number.  He offered to
> teach me about something in which I already had an interest.
>
> So my idea for a different topic is this:  tell how you and your mate came
> to be together if it had anything to do with the SCA.
>
> Amicalement,
> Ly Madelina de Lyndesaye