We met and fell in love for the first time over 20 years ago! High school and Neighborhood Sweethearts!! We were together for Vince's Junior and Senior Prom and for his graduation from high school. He was so cute with a floppy head of hair...pretty much the same way he looks now, but with a more mature haircut!!

Cut to 20 years later and the invention of Facebook!! I was living in Houston and Vince was working for a company in Louisiana and had Houston as his sales territory. One day, he "checked in" on Facebook somewhere in Houston and I immediately sent him a message suggesting we get together for drinks! After all, we hadn't seen each other in years!! Eventually, we were able to get together for lunch...what turned into a 4 hour lunch! We talked and talked for hours, reminiscing about old times, filling in information gaps over the 20 years apart. He had two gorgeous little girls, his parents were living in Clear Lake, and he was living in Mandeville, Louisiana. I had a small art studio just East of downtown Houston and one wonderful, but very old dog!! By the end of lunch, what I thought would be just a lunch with an old friend had turned into a crush!!

About a month or so went by, when I saw he "checked in" near Houston again. I gave him a call and asked if he would like to join me that evening to see Eddie Vedder in Concert at Jones Hall. Ummm...yeah...his response was "No." However, he said he would like to get together for drinks the next night. So, a little let down, I agreed to join for drinks and assumed I was in the dreaded "Friend Zone!"

We met for drinks the next night at Smith & Wollensky and had a great time!! Lots of laughs, lots of wine, and maybe some sliders or flatbread! My crush continued, but hey...I'm a grown woman...I can handle it!!

A week later I was in California with my dear friend Jill traipsing around vineyards in Napa. An old date from my short San Francisco days worked at a vineyard in Napa and he invited us for a tasting and lunch at his place of business. Due to a group of wildly drunken women, said gentleman sat us down and excused himself to finish up with the group in the tasting room before he could join us. Jill, being so sweet, said, "Wow...he's a handsome dude! Are you so happy to see him again??" My response...,"No." When she asked why, I reluctantly told her, "I think I have a crush on Vince." Jill arms flew up in the air and she exclaimed, "Oh, Thank God!!! I am so excited about this!!! I have never heard you speak about a man the way you speak about him!!! YES!! We are calling him today and getting him to ask you out on a date!!!"

Many, many, MANY bottles of wine later, I sent Vince a text saying that I really enjoyed his company and that I thought we should try one as an official date! His response, "Weren't those dates that we've been going on?" YAY!!! He liked me, too!!!

And here we are today, planning a beautiful wedding to share with our friends and family! We can't wait!!!

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