A cute waitress in a diner, and a struggling graduate student with an appetite for more than just smothered chicken... who's paths crossed and became one on January 14th, 2005. Early on it was apparent this love was intense, our love story is filled with all of the raw, real and blessed struggles of love. We have endured what has torn others apart and survived our own dysfunctions to earn the right to love freely and honestly in the eyes of each other, and the watching eyes of our children and under the guiding eyes of our higher power and the loving gazes of our family and friends. We take this final step to become one for all eternity. We ask each of you to attend and bear witness to our union.