In May, 2001, I met Stephen. It really wasn't that easy. Here's how it happened. My sister had gone on a mission trip for a summer in Michigan (Lansing). She met Stephen. She was working at a children's center that was served by his church. I saw pictures of him and I said, "Who is that?" She told me and said she wanted to set us up. Obviously the timing wasn't right. I was about to student teach. Fast forward 2 years. She emailed him and told him about me. She told him that I was traveling to Ohio to see my cousin, so he agreed to drive 5 hours for that weekend and have our first date in June 2001. I had just finished my first year of teaching. We met and the rest is history!! We hit it off right away. It was really hard because it was a long distance relationship but it was worth it! Fast forward another year......the summer of 2002 I went up to Michigan for the summer. He was going to Mackinac Island for a band concert. (He was in a community band) We went to this lighthouse and he proposed on that porch!!! So sweet...of course I said yes!!!!!
Mackinac Point Lighthouse
2 years after we met, we were married!! We moved to Alabama. We lived there 2 years but I couldn't find a teaching job. I substituted but I was meant to teach. So, I called my old school, got my old job back, and moved back to TX. Only problem was, it wasn't that easy for Stephen. For a year, I moved back in with my parents and taught. At the end of that first year, he got a job but in Dallas. So the next year since I didn't get a job in Dallas, I stayed at the same school and commuted back and forth from E. TX to Dallas every weekend!!! The next summer, I resigned from my job and went on FAITH! That's what God wanted me to do, put my faith in Him and he rewarded me witha job in Dallas.
So, our first 4 years of marriage haven't been the easiest but the next 4 have been wonderful!!!! We built our first house in 2007 and we are as happy as can be. The only thing that would make it better is if we were blessed with a baby!
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