This love story began in the Summer of 2009. After meeting through mutual friends and having several encounters and a “stolen” pair of sunglasses they went from flirting in the Spring to dating in the Summer. Anthony paid attention to the small details and made their first few dates super special. They shared their love for movies, food, and Samantha’s love for the beach. These dates continued for a solid month before Samantha agreed to be Anthony’s girlfriend. If you let Anthony tell it Samantha came into his life at the perfect time, she was the calm to his storm. Samantha’s viewpoint is that he was the missing piece to a puzzle that she didn’t know was being put together.