Welcome to our wedding website! We’re so excited to share this special day with you, our closest family and friends. As we prepare to start this new chapter in our lives, your love and support mean the world to us. Here, you’ll find all the details you need to join us in celebrating our love story. From venue information to travel tips, we hope this site makes your planning easy. We can’t wait to see you on March 30, 2025!

We met in December 2008, when John Walker (the artist formerly known as Tre Cross) was doing an album release at More than Conquerors Church in Birmingham. I ended up coming because my cousin Vae found out about the event. When I saw him, I had already made up my mind to talk to him. I watched him sing...and dance...and rap the whole show. Finally, at the end of the night, I made my way to say hi to him. Instead, he danced his way over to me (in real life) and made me smile. The rest was history...

I had my whole day planned for Short Tee’s CD release party. I ( TreCross ) was the hype man for him and we went over the full show all day! Once we got there and started the show I was fully locked in on completing the show to the best of my ability. Once the show was over, we still had music playing and my God I saw the most beautiful woman I ever locked eyes with in the crowd after the show. I instantly smile and while in a dancing mood, busted a move towards Niya and had a conversation with her. From that moment on I knew she was not only special, but no one else could fill the shoes in my heart that she filled!

After 14 years of no contact, I received a message from a high school acquaintance in December 2023. That message made me think of John Walker and I decided to look for him on social media. Spoiler: I found him... I messaged him a simple hello but didn't get a response for nearly a month. While driving to Houston, rain pouring, annoyed, I got a message from no one other than John Walker. He blamed the delay on being "in the military and...in class." (insert eyeroll). He also tried to test the waters to see whether I was married/spoken for/otherwise indisposed. At that time, I was starting to rebuild my life after the end of my first marriage and thought nothing of the interaction with John Walker. We ended up talking on the phone for the entire drive. It felt like old times. Within minutes of hanging up, John Walker called back and asked how long it would take me to heal...(wild question, right?). Well, as God would have it, it didn't take long. From that day, we never missed a day of talking, of learning each other, of laughing, of rediscovering that real love exists even when you think it is furthest away. One message sent at the right time was all it took to get a second chance with #theone.

During this time I was only focused on my health journey, my weight lifting journey, and trying to figure out the best course of my life I should take. I received a message from Niya around December time just saying “ Hello “. I went to her page and saw some pictures ( Her previous marriage ) and instantly shut down because I didn’t want to interfere with that, especially knowing how I truly felt about her. As time went on, I finally responded and of course that was the 1st thing on my mind was wondering if she was still taken. Once I discovered that she wasn’t my face lit up 😳😁. We had a full conversation through messenger and then we FaceTimed and we talked for hours. We even sung to each other which we haven’t done since we were in high school. After hanging up the phone I had a talk with God and myself and I called her back and asked “ how much time do you need to heal?” I know that’s a crazy question but I knew from high school that she was my wife and this was my opportunity to show her that I meant it when I proposed to her back then. After she answered and we talked some more it was history from there. We talked for hours everyday, FaceTimed for hours everyday and really dove in on pursuing this relationship!

Loving John Walker was the easiest, most terrifying thing I've ever gotten to do. He was patient, kind, understanding, thoughtful, honest, loving and a whole slew of other adjectives that forced me to become a better reflection of the love I prayed to receive. Throughout our learning process (as short as it was), I kept asking God to make it plain. I prayed for signs everyday because I did not want to get this wrong. Every time I prayed, there was a response. If I felt too exposed, John Walker would remind me that he was there to cover me. If I spoke with uncertainty to my tribe, they would remind me that God was under no obligation to take His time in answering my prayers. The amount of times that I said "this sh$t is crazy," are way to many to count, but I kept moving forward. I figured if I could invest so much time, and energy, and love into something that wasn't God's best, the least I could do is see what John Walker had to offer. He prayed for me. He planned for me. He listened to me. My days were not complete without his voice and I knew that God didn't bring us back into each other's lives for no reason. Eventually, I stopped fighting the flow and it is the best decision that I have ever made. I knew as a kid when he asked me to marry him that it was right. Although time and circumstances separated us for a decade and a half, he never stopped being my right. I knew all along...I just didn't want to admit it.

From the moment I met her and we talked, I had no doubt in my mind that she was the one for me. When we were younger she was my true 1st to so much. My 1st true love, the 1st one I proposed to, the 1st one that had me change my heart and mind about so much. No one ever made me as happy as she did from day 1. Fast forward to adulthood she still brings butterflies to my heart. She makes my heart smile in ways I could never imagine and no one gave me this feeling. From her being thoughtful, to her heart being so kind, to the prayers. We both prayed and prayed for that soulmate and all the while we have always had that connection. She was everything I prayed for and more and it wasn’t a debate. She is my 90% and it’s no replacing her. She is my Aster Love!