He was 14 and a busboy, I was 13 and a dishwasher. We worked together at a local restaurant for a couple years and as we got older, came and went in each others lives. We had mutual friends that kept us in contact, but there was never any romantic interest. The lemons that life handed Durrell and my friendship with his roommate brought us together again in our early 20's and we became solid friends. Over a course of late night talks at Sonic and walks through the park, I finally admitted to myself that I had fallen for the guy I referred to as my "brother". To my happy surprise, he too had begun to think differently about me. After a year of Durrell chasing me, I finally said yes to dating him in March of 2009. We got engaged in November of the same year, and were married on May 8, 2010.
Babe (as Durrell is referred to in this blog) is everything I prayed for in a husband. He is honest, kind, compassionate, strong, full of integrity and a very hard worker. He makes me laugh, constantly. He has encouraged me in my gifts and believed in me even when I struggled to believe in myself. Being married to him is so great. And FUN!
Our love story has God's finger prints all over it. The things we went through as individuals and as a couple to get to where we are now has only made us stronger. Though at times we didn't understand, we see now that God saw the big picture. And here were are today. Loving happily ever after. And, it's just the beginning!
