Jeff and I originally connected via Bumble at the end of 2020. He's from Maryland and had been visiting a friend in Lincoln when the app showed us each other's profile. We were considering meeting but then I had my cancer diagnosis and things didn't work out. We've kept in touch over the last 5 years but nothing more than friends. Then in November 2025, he reached out to see if I was interested in trying more of a relationship. I said that I couldn't afford traveling to maintain a long distance relationship. He said he could handle the expense and flew to Nebraska over Martin Luther King Jr weekend for us to meet in person. The girls stayed with my mom over the weekend and were able to meet Jeff at church on Sunday morning. They both liked him but I won't allow any more interaction than that time at church due to not knowing whether this will last. I enjoyed my weekend with him and we're planning for me to visit him over spring break. I think the funniest comment when the girls came home was Maggie telling me, "I saw you holding hands with Jeff when you were walking down the hall to the sanctuary!" Her tone of voice was as if holding hands at church was scandalous! haha
