My first glimpse of this handsome man was at the desert when he was 13 and I was 11, My Dad wanted to go on one of his great adventures so off we went to find his friends at the desert. Keep in mind there were no cell phones then... we found them but they were out on a ride, as they got back they began asking “where is JR?” Well JR had crashed on his 3 wheeler, yes a 3 wheeler, and had broken his collar bone, they brought him to camp and I could not take my eyes off of the boy sitting outside his trailer with the broken collar bone, we left shortly after. It was LOVE at first sight. After that we did not see each other again for about 4-5 years when our moms decided to do a beach trip the summer before I started 9th grade. Oh my we spent the whole day snorkeling, talking, laying on the beach and laughing. He was gorgeous but also super goofy. It made the shy timid girl feel a little less shy. I started my Freshman year of High School while Wayne was in his Junior year. He was a very handsome upper class men but enjoyed hanging with my friend and I at lunch and after school. My friend liked his friend so... you know how that goes. I definitely was the shy, good girl best friend. He dated different girls throughout High School some of which he would bring to my house. Weird and heartbreaking but I was glad to see him. Not a single one of his girlfriends liked me but we would still keep in touch. After High School he had a serious girlfriend so I moved on, always holding him in my heart but knew I couldn’t wait forever. Then Bam I was 20 and he 22 we ran into each other and we were both single. So we gave it a shot, took a few late night desert trips to Ocotillo, spent time dating, talking, I knew it was my one shot to let him know how I really felt. I told him he was my soul mate. That I had loved him from the first time I saw him. My heart belonged to him and him only. He said he had told many girls “I love you” but he said you are the only girl I will ever tell “ I am in love with you” YES!!! This was it!!!! I had dreamed about this day since I was 11!!!!Well, so I thought but after a few months he pulled away and we lost touch for 13 years. I getting out of a bad relationship and one night up pops a quote about soul mates. So I thought what is my soul mate up to these days? Thank goodness for Facebook, even though he hates Facebook, I would have never been able to reach out otherwise. His status was single. Hmmmm well here was a shot to at least become friends again. My heart had missed him so. I messaged him with just the quote and left it at that. To my surprising he messaged back and so began our catching up. This time he made this first comment about old feelings, I quickly pulled away with the intention of not wanting to be hurt again, I was just looking for a friend. After attending the Florida Georgia Line concert and listening to the song HOLY, where both men talked so lovingly about their wives and cried as they sang the song. I realized I wanted to be loved like that, and if this man is willing why would I run away? Just to protect myself? What if I miss out on something Amazing? So I sent him the song and said okay if you can love me like this, we can keep moving forward. So he promised he would and in everything that we have been through he has held me up, stayed true and strong to his word, and at times has loved me more than I have loved him. After a few months we found out that Dayne was on his way. A baby we both had prayed for. After he was born in October we did a commitment ceremony with our pastor, parents and God. This gave us great security in our relationship while we planned our wedding for November.