It all began in high school while sitting in religion class. From the moment she and I spoke, I knew that it was meant to be. In the beginning she acted as though she was not interested, but I was determined to have her, hold her, and cherish her till my dying days.

Actually the story is kind of funny of how we began talking. She claims that I stole her number but I saw it another way. She had this organizer and I asked to see it. No intentions of getting anything out of it though.

Let me back track for a second. One of my classmates tried to holla at her but she wasn't trying to have it. She told him that she didn't have a phone and if she needed to call anyone she would use the payphone down the street. I saw this as funny and a joke, so I just figured that this would be a challenge. As beautiful as this young lady was I was up for the challenge.

Back to where I left off at. I asked to see her organizer because class was boring and I had nothing to do. As I was looking through it I saw that she had an address book inside of it. I proceeded to put my information in it and then realized that her information was in the address book too. I saw this as a plan drawn up by her because she would not let anyone else see the organizer besides me. Women are very tricky and this was a trick that saved me a lot of frustration from trying to build up the courage to ask for her number.

So of course I jotted down the information. I let a few days go by before I called her because I didn't know how she would react. Once I called her it was magic. It was like we just clicked and there was nothing that could come between us.

We began dating in November of 1996 and I knew she was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. I proposed to her on May 8, 2004 and here we are today awaiting our 777 wedding date. I can't wait to make her my wife!