For clarification, yes, I named my car Binx after my not so fortunate reputation with former vehicles. Like the cat in Hocus Pocus, he (the car) is not allowed to die.

As far as we knew, the workplace was somewhere to do a job and make a living. Little did we know, we would find love too.

Our first meeting was the day of my orientation. Troy had already been working at United Valve as the maintenance manager for a few years. I was the new girl up front. When I actually started work, he would come up to the front every now and again for casual conversation with anyone up front who would listen. I thought he was funny and goofy from the beginning. I knew I was too so we got along very easily. I found him fun to talk to.

Fast forward a couple of months, Binx (my car) decided he didn't want to function properly. I ended up spending WAY too much money to only slightly get him fixed. At least enough to where I was able to return to work. The next day, I was complaining about the cost and Troy heard the conversation. Little did I know that he worked on cars too. So we made a plan and he got it done.

Now, anyone who knows Troy, or has had Troy work on something for them, knows that he doesn't charge much for his time. Same went with me. I paid him what he asked but it didn't feel right so I thought I'd offer up a drink or two as well. He kindly took me up on the offer and we had a fun night playing darts, talking, and bonding. By the end of the night, I knew I was interested in him and that's when this rollercoaster really started.

With our age gap, we were a bit apprehensive at first. As were our families and friends. After many discussions between the two of us, we realized none of that really mattered because of the feelings we shared for one another. Whatever road bump came our way, we would deal with it together.

In the last two years, we have moved in together and adopted four beautiful and quirky animals - Rory first, Paris, our little Scooby boy, then lastly, Sookie. He has taught me the game of 8-Ball, 9-Ball, and 10-Ball and has gotten me super involved in the pool community as well as the church community. I was with him when his daughter, Brittany, had handsome little Jessie and he became a grandfather. He was by my side as I gained two beautiful nieces from my brother and sister and unexpectedly lost a loved one. We have been there for each other every day and have helped each other grow substantially. Even when the times got hard and we didn't see eye-to-eye, we worked together to move past the problem and chose to love each other anyway.

Now the Proposal - We celebrated our two year anniversary two days early since we keep pretty busy and couldn't actually celebrate on the day of. We went to dinner at Perry & Sons then took a small trip to the Gazebo in Friendswood's Stevenson Park. He knows my love for gazebos and we had one of our first dates there. It was there that he proposed and I said yes. It was quiet, intimate, and perfect in every way. I couldn't have asked for anything better.

We look forward to starting this new journey together and are excited to have all guests play a part in our own little fairytale as well.

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