Meeting on the internet in 1999, and having met in person in 2004, we had years to cultivate a friendship while living our lives. It took till our first official date and a trip to Tombstone in 2021 for us to realize that this was what was meant to be. So in September 2021 made our relationship official. In January 2022 Joshua moved from Arizona to join Maria in North Carolina. Where her kids have loved and accepted him as part of their family life. It would be December of that year when Joshua would ask Maria to be his wife… Since those early days life’s ups and downs have brought us closer, through love, loss, sickness, joy and a devastating car accident; our family has grown stronger and soon will be official!