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In the fall of 2013 Donald was a postman in Charles Town, WV and just so happened to be assigned to Shanna's route.&nbsp;It seemed like every day that Donald delivered her mail, there was Shanna.&nbsp; They made eye contact on several occasions,&nbsp;however Donald was intimidated by Shanna's serious looks, thinking to himself&nbsp;"she must not like me staring at her".&nbsp; Little did he know, Shanna was thinking to herself, "who is this fine gentleman delivering my mail". Haha!&nbsp;Donald ended up getting brave pretty quick and&nbsp;found&nbsp;Shanna on social media&nbsp;and decided to send her a message, despite being nervous of what her response would be. Donald was pleasantly surprised&nbsp;because Shanna expressed mutual interest.&nbsp;The two had lengthy conversations and eventually decided to have dinner together, and you can pretty much say it was love at first sight.&nbsp;Their connection was definitely very different.&nbsp;

They spent a few months&nbsp;&nbsp;creating memories with each other, their kids, and&nbsp; their&nbsp;families.&nbsp;Although, they had something special, the timing was a little off and they decided to remain friends .&nbsp;Through the years Donald and Shanna remained in contact periodically to check on one another and see how life was treating them.&nbsp;&nbsp;They tried moving on and dating, but it was clear that they both still yearned for and remembered the special love they shared. They both knew from experience&nbsp;it was a&nbsp;one of a kind love&nbsp;and so very hard to find.

During those 5 years apart, God grew them individually&nbsp;and that moment came when they&nbsp;both were single and&nbsp;more prepared to give one another what they deserved.&nbsp;&nbsp;Shanna&nbsp;prayed on it and decided to&nbsp;take Donald up on the offer for lunch one day.&nbsp;They constantly talk&nbsp;about how&nbsp;they wish they&nbsp;would've&nbsp;gotten&nbsp;back&nbsp;together&nbsp;sooner&nbsp;and&nbsp;about&nbsp;how&nbsp;they&nbsp;should've&nbsp;&nbsp;stayed together,&nbsp; but know that&nbsp;God's timing is&nbsp;perfect and it was all a part&nbsp;of&nbsp;His plan.



Knowing how much she loved watching the sunset and being on the water, he planned a&nbsp;dinner cruise on&nbsp;the Spirit of Washington and made sure the proposal was something Shanna would never forget.&nbsp;He had her&nbsp;cousin&nbsp;Brian &nbsp;and his wife&nbsp;Tasha&nbsp;be there to help capture the moment and celebrate the engagement on&nbsp;July 28th, 2018.&nbsp;





Some of their favorite things to do are&nbsp;take pictures,&nbsp;cook, listen to music, travel, go to D.C., and spend time with their kids, family, and friends,&nbsp;which they have done a lot of over the past year.&nbsp;





Despite the opposition&nbsp;that has&nbsp;come their way since they decided to be a blended family, their faith has remained strong and&nbsp; they continue to&nbsp;give all glory to God for bringing them a mighty long way. They are excited to see what He has in store for their future and look forward to a lifetime of love and happiness together...FOREVER&nbsp;AND&nbsp;EVER!&nbsp;

Our Forever and Ever Love

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Matt Anders 

John “Scotty” Scott

Amanda Anders

Jason Alford 

Stephanie Kimble

Tasha Parrish

Jeremy Payne

Da'Niya Bell

Destiny Finley

Nyasia Finley

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Donald & Shanna

Donald & Shanna

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