Raymond and I went to Lamar High School together and graduated in 1993. In high school we were strictly friends. I was super quiet and he was a social bug. Total opposites! Fast forward 22 years later to 2015 and we saw each other again at our high school mixer that was put on by Raymond. (Side note: He knows EVERYBODY!!) I already had a previous engagement to go to, but I hadn't seen a lot of our classmates in over 20 years! That was my first time seeing him since we graduated from high school. 2 years later in 2017 we see each other again at one of our classmate's bar he was promoting. I went with my best friends and thought we would just hang out and have a few drinks and chill. I had NO IDEA Raymond was going to be there. I was standing at the bar where she and I were talking and I hear "Brandy." I turn around and it's Raymond! "Hey Raymond!" We gave each other a hug, talked for a bit and he hung out with us for the rest of the night, including getting something to eat at IHOP afterwards. (Lol! Remember doing that after you hung out all night?) We had such a fun night, with great conversations and laughs. Needless to say, we have been together ever since. I was single and divorced with 3 kids and just was not in the market to being in a relationship. But when you step back and let God work, He goes to work! I always say God sent Raymond to me because I was NOT looking for him. God saw different. He knew what I needed. He knew we needed each other. We are the best of friends. We are the best parents to all of our children. We are the best of partners. We are each other's biggest fan. We look so forward to what the rest of this life has for us and we are so honored that you chose to witness and partake in just a small portion of this life in celebrating our marriage with us. We sincerely appreciate it!