Our story is the most important story to me. It has all the twists and turns of your typical fairy tale except this is real life.

A little over ten years ago I was a senior in high school. My last semester of senior year and in walks Reece. Six foot five, brown eyes, and a dazzling smile. I had already heard he was a ladies man. He was only in class for a few weeks but I could definitely understand why. He was funny and had a way of talking to people that sounds just make you swoon. Unfortunately he graduated early and left school.

A week after I graduated I got a phone call from a few friends saying they were down the street and wanting to know if they could stop by. Low and behold, Reece walked in with them. They had just left the tattoo parlor because it was his birthday, and he got a tattoo. On his right leg he had gotten a sun. At my house that night was my best friend who I found out had dated Reece a few years before. It seemed as though they picked up where they left off. And that was that.

Fast forward six months…
Out with my cousin one night,we decided to go to McDonalds (the local hangout after football games). Sitting at one of the booths was Reece and another guy I knew. They had been drinking so I offered them a ride home and a place to stay. The next day he woke up and went on his way. We didn’t exchange numbers or agree to hangout again. A few days later, I get a phone call unexpectedly. He had gotten my number from a friend and wanted to hang out because his family was moving to another state. I did, and it was wonderful.

After that, he moved and we talked every day. He came to see me as often as possible. I was happy. After about eight months together he asked me to move where he was living. I gave it a lot of thought, even talked it over with my mom, and decided I would do it. Then I didn’t hear from him for almost a month. When I heard from him again things seemed different. This continued for a few months and then he came to visit one weekend. My birthday was the next weekend and when he asked what I wanted I said I just wanted to spend it with him. The next weekend came and I didn’t see him…not even a phone call. That was the end.

I started dating someone else, got married, and had three boys. Life was far from prefect though. I thought about him all the time and wondered where and how he was. I loved my husband but it never felt the same as how I had felt about Reece. When things got bad it was always Reece that I wanted. After seven years together we called it quits.

A year after I was separated I was on Facebook one day and saw a post that said one of my friends was now friends with Reece. I had been looking for him for years and suddenly there he was. I sent the request and waited, very impatiently for him to add me. On June 4, 2012, he added me and wrote me back. That was all it took. We started talking that day. Within two weeks he moved to where I was living. Two weeks later he asked me to officially be his girlfriend. That was one year ago today.

We have had our ups and downs over the last year, but in my heart I know he was always the man I was meant to be with. As he puts it…

“we just had to go on our own adventures before we could make it work”.

I

believe it completely because our “adventures” have changed us for the better.

So Happy Anniversary to the love of my life! Noone else has a story like this which is why its ours. I will love you always.

Thank you for being my forever and always.