How it all began....
We met in high school. (Ok, before you start laughing.... )We were just friends in high school. In fact, he was dating my best friend and I was dating his. The four of us, (along with a select group of others),ran around together for the better part of high school. We had the best times together and loved each other like siblings. After graduation we all drifted apart as we pursued different dreams. Both Mark and I went on to marry others (no he didn't marry my best friend). Sadly, neither of those unions were successful beyond the creation of some pretty spectacular kids.
About three years ago we found each other on MySpace (ok,you can start laughing now), and renewed our friendship. It started slow...reminiscing about old times, IM chats, hours long phone calls, and progressed to coffee dates and zoo trips. We were quickly becoming each others most beloved friend. Before too long we both began to feel something wake up inside of us that we thought had been extinguished forever. A kind of love with both passion and comfort. New love tempered by the fires of our combined pasts. Ours is a love story that spans decades, and several kinds of love. In each other we relive our past, embrace our present and dream of a future where we grow old in each other's arms. |
Engagement Story
Mark says he knew he'd marry me by the end of our first date. While I was crazy about him, I wasn't sure that marriage was something that would ever happen for me again. We had been dating about six months when mark started to casually mention marriage...I pretended not to hear it. After about a year, he asked me to marry him....I knew I wanted to be with him, but I still had healing to do and I asked for more time. A year and a half after our first date, we were in the kitchen washing dishes when he turned to me and said very simply, "Can I keep you - forever?" I knew it right and said yes.
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