Welcome to our forever

They say you will recognize your soulmate when you meet them. It only takes one look to fall in love or so they say. You know, the stuff that happens only in books and movies. If I am being honest, I would have never expected love to work this way. But life has a funny way of presenting itself and in the event when we met, that fairytale came to life. It was any ordinary day back in October 2012 at the University of California Riverside. Chicano Student Programs (CSP) as we called it, was a space for all to come in to relax, intermingle, study, and much more. We had visited this space many times, but little did we know this day would be different. I opened the door, and my eyes were drawn toward the middle of the room. I saw a beautiful happy girl, a streak of yellow in her hair and she was wearing a pretty cool pair of Vans. Our eyes instantly locked and just like that, time stopped. Her eyes were full of life, fierce, and breathtaking. Her smile lit up the room and the energy she gave off was radiating. In that very moment I heard a voice telling me "She is the one. I am going to marry her". We smiled at one another as I took my first step into the room and the rest is history. We became best friends, dance partners, and fell in love. Together we shared many laughs, adventures, and tears. Through time we formed a love so strong and fruitful and created our own fairytale. When we shared with each other our memory of our first encounter, we both described that we felt a strong energy when we locked eyes. We both knew we were meant for one another and that love at first sight is a real phenomenon. I never knew where that voice came from that day, but I do know that it was not wrong. Now the time has come to bring that voice into fruition and to continue to share our love for one another until eternity. So here is to our love, to us spending the rest of our lives together, and to the fairytale we continue to create with each passing moment!