Sweet Dreams

Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing the girl of my sweet dreams...Cam Tran.


I have known Cam Tran for a number of years now, at least as an acquaintance. I originally met her when the youth group at FCCC helped Jane Viktor move into her new apartment. After that, I spoke to Cam once in a while because she went to my church and was dating a guy that I knew. At one point while chatting at church, I learned that she was looking for a job and I knew of an opening within my company in Quality Assurance (software testing). I pushed her a bit over the next few weeks and I talked to my bosses directly, and she landed the job.

Soon after that, I took over as Team Lead for the QA department at AV-Base Systems. Along with Michelle Pedden, Cam and I worked closely for about a year on a number of projects. On a professional basis, she improved and excelled at her work and I always gave her and Michelle full credit for their achievements. Of course, I would never in a million years consider dating somebody that I was supervising.

Back in November 2006, I resigned from the company in order to join a startup venture. Over the course of that final month with the company and the next six months after I left, my friendship with several co-workers grew. I really cared (and I still care) about the people that I was supervising and my co-workers, and on a professional basis I have kept touch with many of those people. I went out for lunch once a month with Michelle and Cam just to encourage them, and a group of us visited Lori Worthington a few times since she went on maternity leave and had her first baby girl. (Hi Brooke!)


On Saturday June 16th, Cam and I visited Lori along with Tara and Ashleigh. Later on, Lori ever-so-subtly asked me if I was interested in dating Cam. Lori had hinted at the question two months before, as she is prone to doing, but this was the first time that I actually considered it seriously. For a long time, Cam was involved with another guy and then I was her supervisor at work, so I never even allowed myself to think in that way. It took a bit of a slap to the head to make me realize that Cam had been single for a while and I was no longer working with her. (So kudos to Lori for playing match-maker!)

I asked Cam out on a date on Monday June 18th. We each had busy weeks scheduled so our first date was on Sunday June 24th. We took an impromptu road trip to Strathroy for the sake of random fun using my GPS. Since then, we have gone on other road trips, watched movies, gone out with friends, had a bonfire, gone to church, met each other's families and have generally had a lot of fun together.



From casual acquaintance, to church acquaintance, to co-worker, to work friend, to personal friend, to romantic relationship. I have always loved the ideal of being friends with a girl before we started dating and there she was, right in front of me and I didn't even realize it at first. Surprised by life...I'm a lucky, lucky man and God is amazing.

I always admired Cam for her intelligence and skills in her professional life and I always appreciated her personality. While her faith in God is relatively young, she has a depth and wisdom in her spiritual life that is incredibly rare to find. Her love for her family, her laughter and sense of humour, her eclectic interests, her talents, the way she thinks, the woman that she is today...and let's not forget her stunning beauty, as these photos can attest. I am awestruck every time I look at her and every time I think about her.

My friend, my confidante, my soul mate.