We met when we were 12 years young at the Morningside Recreation Center. We both volunteered, him as a counselor in training, and myself as a JR. Lifeguard. Tyson would watch me as I swam and would always come up to me and flirt. He always knew how to make me laugh and smile. We got to hang around for a few summers and got to know each other more. Tyson would constantly as me out, and of course I was shy and would say no, so he would buy me my favorite drink every day because he knew I liked it. Little did Tyson know I was crushing hard on him while he was crushing on me. Our summer ended, school started and we no longer hung out like we used to. He had his dating situations and I had mine. We moved on from our lives until we reconnected after high school. One night he decided to reach out to me and we decided to meet up after many years. I went to a concert one night and he waited for me outside the Amalie Arena by the lightning bolt. I remember being so nervous because little did he know, I still liked him so much. We connected and at that moment, I know I loved him the moment I saw him. We were on and off "dating" never official, until we decided to give us a chance. When that chance came, I came with a package, two beautiful children from a past relationship and he accepted them both as his own. A few years later, he got on his knees to ask me to be his wife, always and forever and in that moment the answer came easy, "YES" I said as we both cried. Our time is now and I never have been more ready to walk down the aisle to him to say, I Do.