MrBallen

But it hadn't been easy for them to get to this point.

They both had almost no money.

Kurt was studying to be a Presbyterian minister and living in Iowa to finish seminary school.

And Cam was a single mom living in Bloomington who had just recently quit her office job because her co-worker was sexually harassing her.

She'd taken on off-the-books work as a hairdresser and house cleaner, but she still had to rely on public assistance to make ends meet.

The long-distance relationship itself was also just exhausting, with all the driving back and forth.

and it didn't help that Kem had contentious relationships with the fathers of both of her kids.

Her one-year-old son's father, Dale Fosdick, was always late with his child support payments, and he still acted like he was entitled to walk right into Kem's house anytime he wanted.

Kurt had actually recently confronted him about doing that and told him to stop, which Dale did not seem to appreciate.

Her seven-year-old daughter's father, Todd Wenger, really wasn't much better.

Todd fought with Kem all the time over their custody arrangement, and he and her other ex, Dale, were actually friends, which really annoyed Kem.

But now, as somebody handed Kem a piece of cake in the church basement, all those problems seemed like they were about to get a whole lot smaller.

Kurt was moving in, and Kem was about to get her whole life organized.

Waiting for her at home in Bloomington, she had a whole collection of Modern Bride magazines so she could plan their wedding.

And she and Kurt were actually talking about Kurt maybe adopting her son.

And she knew Kurt could very quickly get a job in Bloomington as a pastoral counselor.

And they could maybe save some money by only having to pay for one residence now.

And this money tree they were getting was a sweet start.

I mean, Kem knew that the members of the congregation were not wealthy people by any stretch.

But, you know, she found it very touching that they'd pooled their limited resources to give her and Kurt such a wonderful send-off.