It's Shocking - Part Two

Well.

BB may have been the one to surprise me the other day, but today it was LM.

We were at dinner, and something came up in conversation about the time while PC and I were going together/engaged. Somehow PC and I got on the topic about how he was not at a good place in life when we met, and how he had even attempted to break up with me a couple different times because he realized I was "too good for him" at that point. I agreed that if it hadn't been for some very specifics promises and reassurances from God that I would have been running far and fast. BB piped in and said he remembered the one day PC tried to break up with me, because he'd been listening in to a conversation he shouldn't have. (Not really his fault, since he was playing in the next room and we WERE pretty upset.) He said something about crying and getting really upset because he didn't want us to break up. (I vividly remember this day, and seeing him sobbing absolutely broke my heart. That had been one of my big fears in getting to know PC. I knew the boys had been through more than enough hurt, and I didn't want to take a chance on hurting them again. Dating/courtship stinks when there are kids involved. I was more concerned about them than us, I think.)

Anyway. Next thing I know, the boys are comparing notes about all the things they would have missed out on if we hadn't gotten married...
"Just think of all the things we've learned since they got married!"
"Think of all the new friends we have!"
"Think of all the books I would never have read!"
"Think of all the places we wouldn't have seen!"
"Think of all the time we would still be wasting on the Wii!"
Etc, etc.

And then LM gets this funny little grin on his face, and says "It's more than that though."

The rest of us just looked at him. I finally asked what we were all thinking. "What do you mean?"

He still had this goofy, almost smug smile on his face, and said "Well, you and dad getting married was an answer to prayer."

PC and I were still trying to absorb that, I think, but I managed to follow up with "it was?"

"Yep. 'Cause one time when I was really little I was in Sunday School and they told us to pray about something that was just between us and God, and to not tell anyone. [Looking even more smug by the minute.] And I prayed that Dad would get married again. And I never told anyone."

I was in shock. 

I looked at PC, and he had a dazed look on his face, too. But then I saw this huge smile start coming across his face, even though he didn't say anything.

Later, when I'd had time to process, I went back to LM and asked him if he had prayed anything specific, or just a general prayer that his dad would get married again. He kind of frowned for a minute, and said "It was a long time ago, and I don't really remember." 

Regardless of him not remembering specifics, I think I'm still in shock. My LM prayed about this?!? 

Well.

No wonder I didn't have to deal with some of the typical I-don't-want-my-dad-to-marry-you stuff that some stepmoms-to-be have to deal with.

They really DID want this.