Happily Ever After

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Every girl dreams of the moment when she meets “the one.” I had always pictured it how it happens in the movies. I wanted my fairy tale to happen in real life. While our story is and always will be my favorite, it is far from a Cinderella moment. In April of 2015 i started my first real job at Popeye’s on the South Somerset Service Plaza. Cory had been working there for about 6 months already as the dishwasher. My first day actually on the floor, he came up to me and while I don’t remember what he said, I do know that I decided right then and there that I didnt like him. We all know how that turned out! Over the next few months he began talking to me more often, being more polite, and flirting with me. He even went so far as to take his break the same time as me. I was oblivious to all of this at the time and simply thought we was being friendly. Then, on June 14th of 2015, he asked me on a date. I was so shocked that I didnt know what to say at first, but I obviously said yes. 🥰

When I was growing up, it was very normal for me to have such a large family. I never thought twice about that or the fact that we were all so close. As I got older, I realized this was not the norm for most families. In fact, I consider myself very lucky to not only have known and have a close realtionship with my grandparents, but also with my great grandparents. There are many people my age or even younger who don’t have that. I know it’s hard for our family to understand that not every family is like ours, but Cory’s family is much different. At most, his family that he is in contact with is a dozen people. Almost none of them get along with each other. They do not have holiday dinners, reunions, picnics, parties, or any kind of get together for this reason. Taking this into consideration, we have only invited a few people from his family to attend our wedding and we aren’t even sure yet if they will be attending. If they do not, it does not mean he doesn’t have a family or anyone that loves him and I do not want anyone to think of it that way. I simply want everyone to be aware so no one feels awkward in case this does happen. That being said, I invite you all to please join me in welcoming my soon-to-be husband into our family. Thank you. Alexa