Natalie and I met during a time in my life where God was blessing me tremendously, but He topped it off in 2016 with this one, Natalie. Yes, it was a great year for me. In 2014 I moved from Houston to Lake Charles to take on a new career path. Lake Charles was definitely a different environment for me but I was looking forward to a fresh start. Once I settled into the new city, I started to feel some stability and my future began to form. One Friday night, October 14, 2016 to be exact, my friend Shanky convinced me to go to a greek college party. It was definitely an event that I wasn’t necessarily invited to or would not have went to if I had known who was hosting it haha. While there standing in the back, I noticed Natalie with a group of her sorority sisters. I decided I had to go with my move and find a way to start a conversation with her. She was too beautiful for me to let her get away. So, I decided that I would just go have a conversation with everybody to get things going. Eventually we started having an one on one conversation and at that point I knew I had found a good one. After talking for a while, I knew I had her attention and decided to wait on asking for her number to build up the suspension. And what do you know, my planned worked! The next day we were in the DMs, lol. I never knew that night would grow to something so special like what we have created. Our journey has been one that has allowed us to learn each other in so many ways and grow in ways I couldn’t fathom back then. I thank God for giving me the confirmation that Natalie was indeed my future wife and look forward to our future together! -Erick