Grant and I met December of 2022 on the one and only catholicmatch.com. Even in the ordinary way of our meeting, the lord made his extraordinary plans known to us right from the start.
I was never a fan of dating online or dating apps, I was on catholic match as a way to be open to the lord’s will for my vocation but I never thought or wanted to meet someone on catholic match. I was so stubborn that I did not purchase a subscription to the website which limits your use of the website significantly. If you do not purchase a subscription you cannot message anyone or open a message from someone who messaged for 10 days. You had to wait the 10 days until the message they sent you was available for you to read and respond to. It is Catholic match way of getting you to subscribe and have fuller access to the website but being the stubborn person I am, I was willing to accept the limitations because I did not think I would meet someone nor was I in a hurry to meet someone on a website.
one night after being on catholic match for probably less than a month, I told myself that it was silly and decided that I would delete the account and move on with my life. I opened the app to delete and as I opened it before deleting the account, out off curiosity I looked at my messages which seemed silly since I couldn’t open the messages that I have received for a couple more days. But I noticed that there was one single message that had no limitation and for some reason I could open which should have been impossible because you have to physically click on the message to begin the 10 day countdown and I had never seen the message and clicked on it to start the countdown. The message was from Grant. If I could not miraculously open his message then I would have deleted the account that night but of course I was curious and responded. Grant and I instantly connected and talked every single day getting to know each other.
We started dating over a year ago in January and the lord has continued to affirm his will for our lives together. Our story is not a fairy tale by any means but it is a story of great redemption, authenticity, and true love. We bring out the better side of each other, together we are striving for heaven.