Although we will both probably have different versions of how we met, thankfully however it ACTUALLY happened, it happened. We have had several mutual friends for a long time being from the same area of town so we had ran into each other a few times before we technically "met". I reached out to her over the years thru social media about a couple different things. I knew Madison was into softball so I asked her about softball equipment, I asked about a Christmas tree or something Christmas related at some point cause I knew, like many of you all do, she's a holiday hoarder 🤣. When the time came I felt I was ready to purchase my 1st home, I knew she was fresh into the real estate game so I figured, I'm in need and she could probably use the business. I had no realtor connections so I told myself give her a try. Well not knowing the WHOLE PACKAGE deal I would eventually get, i reached out to her and we begin to converse about the process and things I would need to do on my end. She worked with a guy that had a house about to go on the market and he knew she had a client searching so he told her for us to come take a look at what he had. Mind u, I did not know this house was right around the corner from her house🤣. We set a time and met at the house. She told me to focus on the "bones" (structure) of the house and disregard the small details such as paint, lights, etc. So we toured the house and I really liked it. A house with a fenced back yard AND a pool, SOLD! So we made and offer on the house and thankfully they accepted and the rest is history. Thru the process, we had many conversations not just business but life in general since we knew alot of the same people. We immediately clicked. To the point, by the time closing on the house came around, we BOTH felt a lil more than realtor/client relations. We agreed to finish the business side of everything before we took it to another level. Of course once we closed on my house, we immediately started dating and I had NO IDEA of what was coming next, clicking to the point of where we are at now. I would have never imagined any of this OR the way it all came about. But I thank GOD that it did because not only has she become my future wife, she has become my best friend and the person I can count on and tell pretty much anything on my mind to, knowing she may not always agree and take my side but she will ALWAYS say or do what's best for me. She pushes me to do things out of my comfort zone that usually end up being the best thing. She has already exemplified a mans “perfectly dreamed up wife” for a while now. She makes me breakfast, lunch AND dinner almost every single day. Most of yall know I'm not much in the kitchen so that was a HUGE bonus. AND she can cook like Martha and Rachel......sign me up! Men know, those are things that are NOT very common these days. Thankfully she's from an old fashioned family and has learned from the best parents (my-in-laws) I could possibly wish for. Her whole family has welcomed me in from day 1 and that's not always realistic. She brings out the best of me. So with all that being said, I'm so very blessed and thankful GOD had our paths made to cross and set us on this journey of life together. Although we BOTH wouldn't change our past, we are BOTH thankful for the present and our future together. Better later than never..

I first met Darryl at Rotary 2009/2010. Cody played on a baseball team with one of his friends kids. Between Baseball and Football we had several "dabs, high 5's and what's up's" Years later we tailgated together at titans games! If you asked me 1 thing i remembered about him then i would tell you he sagged his pants and his clothes were way too big🤣 We were always cool just very different from each other. Through the years he would often reach out on facebook, A quick hello! Always a "Happy Birthday Girlie" always cheering on the kids when they played travel ball. One time he even asked me about a white christmas tree?! He commented on a horse pics and would randomly asked me questions about them. He was always friendly and so was i, we always kept in touch. The first week of January 2021 he reached out to me about purchasing a home and the steps he needed to take to get there. Within a couple of days of that conversation he called to ask me what my favorite restaurants were in Mount Juliet. He had to take his daughter her backpack at her grandmothers and he was gonna grab dinner while he was out this way. I told him of all the best places around and then he asked the question “Out of all of those, What is your favorite? I told him the Thai restaurant and he asked if I wanted to meet him there for dinner. I respectfully declined. He texted me the next day with addresses of houses that he wanted me to check out. That was more of my pace, and definitely my comfort zone. He was already preapproved, but nothing on the market fit his needs at that time. Our conversations quickly turned to life/ family/ relationships/friends and all the stuff in between. We talked on his way to work at work and on his way home from work. There were times that we talked till we couldn’t hold our eyes open at night. Most days we talked 6 to 8 hours. We couldn’t get enough. He was intriguing. Completely different than me. Rugged on the outside but so kind and funny and sweet on the inside. It was obvious that he had never really opened up much, and I would have bet my last dollar that he was in a new territory. It was Obvious. I was bold and probably intimidating. He would ask me questions, I would ask him deeper ones. Our friendship was raw and we both wanted to know more. Then on March 3rd. A house. A realtor friend called me and told me of a house that was coming up for sale around the corner 1 turn and 3 houses down from me. I told Darryl ( he knew it was in my hood) made some calls and asked some questions. We set up a time to see the house. He liked it. It was in his price range and we had it under contract before it ever hit the market. He was fixing to be my neighbor. What?!&& We already had feelings for each other and he gave me butterflies every time we talked. I refused to admit to myself, or anyone else. We had 30 days till closing, 30 days for him to remain “my client.” I did agree to dinner within that 30 days, he took me to Sunda Downtown. We took too long and my best friend sent an emergency response signal to my phone because I wasn’t answering. I was right where I wanted to be “With my Client.“ 34 days we CLOSED. We left the title company, got in the same car and the rest is history. Our business relationship was over, We were on to bigger things. Darryl is my best friend. I still can’t talk to him enough. He is my home. He is where I peacefully rest. The only person that has ever made me want more. The only one that gives me just as much as I give him. He loves me so softly, but yet is a healthy amount of strong that I require. He balances me out! He is my everything. Our roots are so completely opposite of each other but in my opinion, the things that make us so different are the very things we have inside of ourselves of each other. He has a wonderful family I’m ready to call my own, A mother and a brother that I absolutely love and I’m so incredibly grateful GOD chose me to be his wife!