Love is our Anchor

2011 Miriam and Josh found themselves on the same virtual Poker table, eight years ago. Miriam had a bit of an addiction to poker playing, and Josh found he had a bit of an addiction to Miriam! Miriam noticed that every time she logged in the World Poker Tour app on her phone, Josh was playing at her very table. They began chatting within the app and a few months into meeting, they became pen pals, as he resided in South Carolina and Miriam in California. They emailed each other often, emails turned into texts and texts turned into long phone conversations. Miriam moved to Texas for Grad school, where Josh flew out to meet her. By this time, they were very much in love and very appreciative of their time together. "Josh would infuriate me, he would go ALL IN with almost every hand, eventually leading me to fold often. That got me mad because I would lose all my fake money on the app. Then he would gift me all the poker chips back along with a virtual chocolate chip cookie and a virtual rose (ladies know, virtual cookies and roses are weaknesses)."-Miriam "The second I saw Miriam on this tiny picture in the WPT app, I knew I was going to marry her. I kept pushing her out of the game to get her attention, ultimately my strategy worked and I got her attention, and her heart."-Josh

2013 Although, very much in love with each other, Miriam and Josh hit rough waters and found each other drifting apart as Miriam was deep in grad school and Josh focusing on his career as a chef. They lovingly decided to part ways, however remained close friends. They both held tight to their love for one another and continued to pray for each other. 2016 Tragedy hit when Josh's father passed away suddenly and Josh called Miriam to pray with him. Miriam flew to South Carolina to be there for Josh all she could. Oddly, this loss of Papa Watts brought Josh and Miriam closer than ever and they kept in touch more consistently. 2017 On a wonderful trip to Israel and Egypt, Josh's mom was hospitalized in critical condition and to God be the glory as Miriam and Josh worked diligently to get her home with loved ones. "We have seen our share of hardships and God continues to carry us through, we are so grateful for EVERY blessing."- Miriam

Miriam held a birthday party for her fabulous mamma's 60th birthday! She wanted to make sure everything was perfect. Little did she know that Josh and Miriam's mamma planned that Josh propose at her birthday party. Midway through the party, Josh asked Miriam to dance and she thought it was weird since Josh hates dancing. Josh than got down on one knee in front of about 100 loved ones and expressed his love for Miriam and asked for her hand in marriage. Miriam did not comprehend what was happening and told Josh to get up because everyone was looking at him. Miriam was elated when she realized that Josh was proposing to do life together. Josh moved to California months later and here we are...EXCITED to share our happiness and God's blessing with our loved ones!