In Christ Alone

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Our so-called First "Date"

Bonny first expressed his desire to date me after Christmas in 1994 when we were travalling in a coach to the Baptist Golden Beach Campsite at Port Dickson for CPBC Church Camp.
One evening in the camp after dinner, he invited me to go for a walk by the beach. But not wanting to make it so obvious that he was inviting me to walk with him alone looking like a dating couple or perhaps he was afraid that I would reject him, he asked if I would come along with him as he brought Shanon Findley and Hannah De Laure for a walk along the beach. I agreed to that and we had our first so-called "date" with two lovely girls walking along Port Dickson beach as the sun set. Someone came along after the walk and took a picture of us four.
Bonny loved this picture and he had a couple of them, one placed in his wallet and the other in a small special old photo frame placed by his study desk.
I often imagine that there is a golden beach in heaven and one day I will walk with him again along a golden beach but there the Sun never set.
As I enter into a new year, 2011, with new challenges, new expereinces and discoveries without Bonny, I am blessed to have with me these sweet memories of the past with him.