JOEL AND I MET AT WORK AND HE WAS AN UNEXPECTED SURPRISE. I MEAN, HE WAS THIS YOUNG AND HANDSOME NEW CO-WORKER WHO QUICKLY BECAME INFATUATED WITH ME, HIS WITTY OLDER COUNTER PART. MORE THAN THAT THOUGH, WE BECAME FRIENDS. WE WOULD SPEND HOURS AT WORK JUST TALKING AND GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. BEFORE I KNEW IT, HE HAD ME. HE WAS KIND, GENTLE AND AUTHENTIC. SINCE I TEND TO GO AGAINST THE GRAIN, I WAS WILLING TO GIVE THIS RELATIONSHIP A GO AND THANKFULLY SO WAS JOEL. WE BOTH FOLLOWED OUR HEARTS AND NOT EXPECTATIONS. WHICH HAS BEEN THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR LIVES TOGETHER. WE ENJOY TAKING THE PATH LESS TRAVELED AND CAN'T WAIT TO EXPERIENCE THE ADVENTURES THAT ARE YET TO COME.