Patrick and I are officially compatible! =) We recently took a compatibility test of about 200 questions at our church - Mary Immaculate. It's part of our pre-marital counseling that we're participating in during our engagement. (In December, we're going to Engaged Encounter which is a weekend retreat for engaged couples here in Dallas.) Back to the compatibility test. So, we scored in the 90th percentile and are "leaps and bounds" ahead of most engaged couples in terms of communication and compatibility, according to Priscilla, the Family Life Minister and our fearless leader at the church. (We officially joined Mary Immaculate and now need to stay in town one weekend or get our lazy selves out of bed on Sundays to start going regularly. It's a really wonderful parish and both Patrick and I love it.)
I sent our parents an email the day we got our results back that said we were official now and could get married. haha. Well, Patrick's Dad replied with such an amazing note. I printed it out and will save it forever. One of my favorite lines he wrote is: "My prayers for you are almost soley directed at God helping you with long-term patience and love for each other. You will have no more statisfying moments in your life than when you get to your later years and look back together at all the events and accomplishments and trials of your life that you lived together." And that basically sums up how I feel about this journey Patrick and I have emabarked upon. It's so exciting - and scary at the same time - but I know that Patrick and I can do it.
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