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Emilio Saenz Jr

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Alejandra Patricio

April 26, 2026

Imperial Beach, CA

how we met

Some love stories begin with fireworks. Ours began quietly… at work, in 2017. He was the quiet one. Shy, reserved, the kind of man who spoke only when he had something meaningful to say And I was the opposite loud, talkative, full of energy, always laughing, always speaking, always moving.We were so different that no one would have imagined that one day, our lives would become one.We met at work, just two people passing by each other in the middle of busy days nothing that looked special to anyone else but sometimes the most important moments don’t look important at the time.Life kept going, and eventually he left.And just like that, our story paused before it even had the chance to begin. Years passed. Different days, different routines, different paths but what we didn’t know was that life was only waiting for the right moment to bring us back together. he second time we met, something felt different.We started talking again, but this time the conversations lasted longer.The smiles stayed a little more.The looks meant a little more and from the very beginning, it felt like we already knew each other. Like our souls had met before, in another life, in another time, and somehow found the way back again. There was a strange peace between us, a feeling of safety that is hard to explain. Being with him felt natural, like home, like I didn’t have to pretend to be anything else. And he told me he felt the same — like we were exactly where we were supposed to be. It wasn’t loud. It wasn’t rushed. It was calm, deep, and real… like magic happening without anyone noticing. He, the quiet and shy man who never spoke too much. Me, the loud girl who never stopped talking. Two completely different souls, somehow understanding each other without even trying.Little by little, without forcing anything, without planning it… we fell in love. Not the fast kind. Not the easy kind. The real kind. The kind that waits. The kind that comes back. The kind that feels like destiny. People say when something is meant for you, it will find its way back no matter how long it takes. And that’s exactly what happened to us. We didn’t meet once. We met twice… because our story needed time to become forever. And from the moment our souls recognized each other again, we knew — we were always meant to find our way back. And then one day… he came back. Back to the same place. Back to the same job. Back into my life. The second time we met, something felt different. We started talking again, but this time the conversations lasted longer. The smiles stayed a little more. The looks meant a little more. What once was nothing… slowly became everything.it felt like the universe gave us another chance, like our story was never meant to end the first time like God, life, destiny whatever you want to call it knew we needed time before we were ready for each other.He, the quiet and shy man who never spoke too much.Me, the loud girl who never stopped talking.Two completely different souls, somehow learning how to understand each other without even trying and little by little, without forcing anything, without planning it… we fell in love. Not the fast kind. Not the easy kind. The real kind. The kind that waits. The kind that comes back The kind that happens twice… because once was not enough. People say when something is meant for you, it will find its way back no matter how long it takes. And that’s exactly what happened to us. We didn’t meet once. We met twice… because our story needed time to become forever.

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