awkward conversations were not usually my style. I thought, “Is that strong impression from the Spirit of God? Or is it simply the forces of biology at work?” I “obeyed” whatever it was. And . . . our first conversations did not go well. In fact, in the middle of one of my sentences, she actually got up and walked off, seeing a friend she was more interested in talking to (I kid you not!). A less confident (or more sensible) guy would have assumed she had no interest; I, of course, just assumed she