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Candace & Anthony

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Candace Russell

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Anthony Purnell

#ringthebellwiththepurnell’s

August 26, 2023

Memphis, TN

The Set up!

Through the eyes of Anthony Purnell

We met at State over one of our mutual friends house. I was riding with my boy Walt, and he wanted to go to a kickback. I met her there. She seemed fun, and like cool peeps so I got her number and email address, lol! She swear she doesn't remember, but I do, CLEARLY! We both had HTC hero's. It had a function where you could IM other people with the same phone as long as you had their email address. Anyway, I checked on her a few times and she basically answered my questions and didn't take the convo any farther... Fast forward through out the years, we would cross paths a few more times seeing as how we were part of the only constitutionally bound fraternity and sorority, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorporated and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated. I got sidetracked back to the story. We both graduated from State and went on to pursue our dreams and careers. Nursing School for her and Engineering for me. We crossed paths again a few years later on a trip to THE BIG EASY with mutual friends. Oh boy! that was quite a trip. A story for another day. Once I found out who all was coming, I knew it was time to shoot my shot... And I did! She played tough during the trip. I left them early that Sunday while they were at church. She hit me up asking why did I leave? I told her I had to make some things shake. From that day forward, we stayed in contact. I asked her out on our first date 1 week later. She said yes, and we begin seeing each other ever weekend for a month and a half. Well, you know me, being the Casanova that I am, I wrote her a card, got her some thoughtful gifts, and asked her to be my girlfriend. She said yes! I went to All Star Weekend, we talked for a good bit every morning while I was there, and we texted the whole time... Once I got back, we were inseparable, and the rest is history.

For all the days along the way
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