July 30, 2003: Our FIRST contact

robhulson: So, Rosanna, I’m now abusing your ability to do AIM at work, well, just because I can.
r0sannabud: hey there! Glad you did…

Am I glad, too!

August 19, 2003: After not seeing Rosanna in my buddy list for a couple of weeks, I figured out why.

robhulson: Ah, here was my problem.
robhulson: It’s a ZERO in your screenname, not an O.
r0sannabud: um, hi.
r0sannabud: I’m not used to being addressed as a “problem”
robhulson: I was wondering where you had gone, hadn’t seen you online in a while.
robhulson: But you see, it’s a good thing. YOU were not the problem, it was the LACK of you that was the problem.
r0sannabud: ahhhhh
robhulson: So, that glass is half FULL, you understand.
r0sannabud: ha ha
r0sannabud: good recovery

I always wonder what might have been had I not figured out that 0 vs. O problem.

December 13, 2003: Here we are talking about a CD I had dropped off at her office desk when I was in her area and she wasn’t around.

r0sannabud: BTW, April and I listened to that Piper CD you burnt for me on our way to Indy… I had listened to most of it, but had not had a chance to finish. it was PERFECT for what we encountered in Nashville…
robhulson: I forgot what I even put on it.
r0sannabud: oh, it was the Rom 1 sermon
r0sannabud: Grace
robhulson: Ahh, yes.
r0sannabud: anyway.. it was very timely and GOOD
robhulson: I listened to it the first time last year about this time.
robhulson: It really impacted me.
robhulson: And that poem I sent you…
robhulson: It’s impacted me as well, again all about grace.

Yup. Grace has been our theme for a very, very long time.

March 3, 2004: Arranging our first face-to-face meeting

robhulson: I’ll be passing through Dallas likely on either Saturday or Sunday.
r0sannabud: no way?
r0sannabud: well stop by the Dallas Training Center!

And stop by I did. She was awesome, but I still had issues to work through regarding things like worthiness and being interested in a girl who was two years older than I am and, I thought, way out of my league.

November 2, 2004: After the most epic of fails from between May and October, and after months of not communicating, we dive right back into the deep stuff.

r0sannabud: well of all the interesting things… I was just thinking about you, and on IM you pop up. How’ve ya been?
robhulson: Justified, Rosanna.
robhulson: That’s really all that matters at this point.
r0sannabud: ok. I’ll agree with you there
robhulson: Justification is the most awesome doctrine to me, period.
r0sannabud: yes it is
robhulson: God’s been teaching me a few key life lessons.
r0sannabud: hmm. Good.
robhulson: Has not been an easy road, but it’s a worthwhile one.
r0sannabud: the most worthwhile ones are never easy.

Thanks for giving me another chance, Rosanna. :o)

Coming soon… more!