Springville Ranch

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His Version:
In late 2020, I moved to Porterville, California, for a school assignment as part of my Ph.D. program. I knew no one in town and wanted to make friends, but little did I know that I&#8217;d find my love instead. I was walking by my apartment and saw this blonde hair woman shuffle out of a car with an annoying little dog. She looked upset and beautiful, so I mustered all my courage to walk over and say &#8216;hi,&#8217; but she quickly shot me down with the reply, &#8216;people mind their own business around here&#8217; and saw her walk into the apartment next door to me. I was shocked and reasoned that she must have had a bad day and would give it another try the next time we crossed paths. I saw her a few days later walking her annoying dog and went outside to talk to her, she was much sweeter this time, and the two of us started talking, and I learned that she grew up in the area. My heart was in a flutter, and I knew I wanted to speak to her again, but how? Then I realized she had that annoying dog with her all the time and thought, &#8216;I should get a dog.&#8217; That&#8217;s when my cute and lovable dog &#8216;Astral&#8217; came in to help unite our love.&#160;&#160;

Her Version:
In 2020 I moved with my sweet little angel dog pepper, to an apartment in Porterville. Sometime in fall I was driving home from work, crying my eyes out. I had just experienced one of the hardest work days of my career. When I pulled into my parking spot, I saw this man walking towards my car and I panicked because I was a Hot Mess!! Pepper started growling and barking at him and I was just trying to get home. I said hi and walked away,&#160; just a side note, I was not rude or mean, just upset at life.
A couple of months later I was getting my life ready to move to Texas and I woke up to a shoulder tear. I was devastated, all of my plans went out the window. My plans weren't going to work out, what was I going to do now? I took pepper for a walk one day and saw this little white dog barking at everyone, and to my surprise there was also that very nice man I met. He made his way over to me, said hi and that's where it all started.
On the hardest day, in one of the most challenging seasons of life, I met the love of my life and I am so thankful!

Amanda & Omar

Amanda & Omar

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