We met 29 years ago when my Dad joined the South Kitsap Fire Department where Joe was a volunteer firefighter I was 16 and Joe was 21. A short time later Joe and his family moved next door. Two years later I too became a volunteer Firefighter. And we became lifelong friends. I moved away when I was 23. Over the years remained in contact over the years and in more recent years became the best of friends. This past May I came home on vacation and Joe and I saw each other for the first time in 14 years and our friendship went from one of best friends to being in madly in love. So in late June I packed up and moved home to Joe. We found our missing pieces in each other and can't wait to spend the rest of our lives together.