We moved from long island NY to VA right before my 11th birthday. My brother Ernie found a job at a Deli and that's where he met Lance. They became friends and my brother invited lance over the house. Lance quickly became a close member of our family always over the house hanging out, riding 4 wheelers, paint balling, bowling, movies, having dinner with the family, and helping out my dad build things whenever he could. Our family moved away again in 2008, this time all the way to CA and we lost contact with lance during that time. Our lives went separate ways for those years. During that time He had a handsome son named Jaiden in 2010 and I had 2 beautiful daughters Amelia and Azalea in 2014 and 2016. All the unexpected twists and turns in our lives lead us back to each other in 2017. Although 8 years had passed since we had moved from VA there was a connection that grew rapidly. We talked all day every day. We both relearned each other and filled each other in on the last 8 years of our lives. We realized we both were searching for the same things all along. There was such a comfort in my heart from knowing him that stemmed back from when we lived in VA. He came to visit us in April 2017 and that's when we knew we really had something. After a few months he wanted me to move back to VA with the girls. Although everything was going perfectly I told him I was not moving as his girlfriend. I told him we would wait too see how our relationship would develop and go from there. He flew down a few times to visit us and brought Jaiden to meet us. In july 2017 he flew down for 4th of july weekend and we celebrated Azalea's 1st birthday together. A few days later On July 4th 2017 he brought the girls and I to go watch the fireworks and he proposed to me that night with a beautiful ring. At that point is when I knew he was serious and I knew in my heart this is where our lives were meant to be. I made the decision to move and we bought 1 way tickets to VA for November 10th 2017.