HOW WE MET

"My Love" and I have known each other since childhood. Champ lived around the corner from my aunt & uncle. I would run into him from time to time of course. I've always been attracted to him but didn't give into it because I considered him to be a "playa". On one lovely day after my sister, cousins, and I came from seeing R Kelly, I was standing in front of my cousins’ house. Shortly after, Champ approached me and asked for my phone number. After that, it was on-and-popping, and you couldn’t keep us away from one another. We would stay on the phone until one of us fell asleep. Yes, it was that old-school love. Throughout all our ups and downs, we’ve realized that our love for one another is unbreakable.

Now here we are. Leave it up to Champ, we would’ve gone to the courthouse years ago, LOL. But I wanted to share this moment with our loved ones, friends, and those who have been by our side since day 1.

THE PROPOSAL

Years ago on April 2nd, my kids started telling me that we should get dressed and go out somewhere. I’m like where, they said it’s a surprise. So, they did my hair, picked out my outfit, etc. By that time, I knew Champ was cooking downstairs. My children said OK Momma you can come downstairs now. As I started walking down the stairs, our song was playing, and I saw candles lit up and rose petals on the floor as a walkway. They told me to sit at the table. Champ came in and fixed me a delicious plate of food and poured me a glass of wine. We’re all sitting at my dining room table just having a great conversation, then Champ gets up and proceeds to get on his knee and proposes. Mind you, all that time I was drinking my wine, the ring was in the glass, and I had no idea. LOL

It was a very romantic and intimate proposal!