Our story begins in March of 1993. We were about to have a school dance where the girls ask the guys and the person I asked was already busy, so I needed a date. I was at lunch with my friends and my friend Mike said, "you know, you and my friend Matt would probably make a good couple". And there it began, we saw each other for the first time across the gym at a pep assembly (of course, that was before I got glasses, so he was more of a blur, but at least he saw me). We each told our friends to give the other one our phone numbers and that night we talked for the first time. Right away, we hit it off and that phone call lasted several hours, which led into many more. We had our first date a couple of nights later, we had our friend Mike join in with us, since we had never met in person. A few days after that, on March 31, we decided to become a couple.
The dance was April 3 and we were both nervous. Everything in that past week had happened so fast, but it all seemed so right. We got along so well and we had a great time at the dance. Here is a picture of us from that dance and our first official picture :)
I was 15 1/2 and Matt had just turned 17. We were so young! We continued to go to many more dances and have many more dates. We both went to BGSU (a year apart from each other). We never broke up in all that time, even though things weren't always perfect and we were close at times, we always seemed to stay together. We even survived me going to Italy for 3 months only 2 months after we started dating :)
On my 21st birthday in 1998, Matt proposed to me. I had had a rough day in BG and Matt ended up making it a wonderful day. We went to dinner and he proposed outside my parents' house. I knew in that moment that we would live a great life together. I was so happy and excited to marry him. 10 months later, on July 31, 1999, we were married. It was a perfect wedding and we had such a great time. We were both so happy. I can remember sitting in the back of the limo, shortly after the ceremony and bubble blowing, and we both sat there in complete awe that we were just married. The limo was really long, so that we could fit the wedding party in and we were all alone for the quick ride before the pictures started. We felt so strange knowing that we were finally married after all this time, it had been over 6 years since we started dating. We had talked about getting married since the first months we were together, and it was worth the wait :)
Here is a picture from those first moments we were in the limo together. As you can see, we were so happy to finally be married. It was one of the happiest days in our lives.
We were talking the other day about how we really can't remember our lives without each other in it. We've been together for 15 years now and we have seen each other through so many different things over the years. We have become an even stronger couple because of all of the things we have been through over the years. We have been able to find a completely different side to each other as we have become parents and especially because of the struggles we have been through with Ethan and with this little one. We have learned about our strengths and weaknesses and we have found how well we complement each other.
We thank Mike for that suggestion over 15 years ago. We would not be here if he had not seen that we would be good together. Even he is still amazed by the fact that he was such a good matchmaker :) After all these years, we still love each other and we still connect on so many levels. We love being parents, we love making each other laugh (we have gone into laughing fits quite a few times this week), we love the family we have created and we especially love making each other happy. I don't think we could ever find a better match than what we have now :)
So, Happy Anniversary to us!! I love you Matt, always and forever!
1 comment:
I am WAY too preggo and sappy to have read this! I'm all teary. Happy Anniversary!!!
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