“Once upon a time”

The wonders of the World Wide Web led to the meeting over Facebook. It started out friendly at first when Ryder slid into Sheri’s DM’s. In time it blossomed into a more serious love interest after starting to really get to know one another. From then on, it progressed like wild fire realizing how much they loved everything about one another. They were both the souls they had been searching for their entire lives.

Ryder drove from California to Arizona to what would be our first time meeting in person after months of video chatting and 24/7 phone calls. The nerves were high as he drove closer and reality was settling in. Ryder arrived at 5am that morning wearing a cowboy hat with a flower in his hand. As soon as we approached one another we stood there with our four heads touching, hand in hand while we took our first breath together. Ryder placed a flower in my hair and all the fear of the unknown left our thoughts. From there we spent the next few days kayaking, swimming, watching movies, eating out and enjoying every minute of our time together.

It’s funny because I always said, “I’m not getting married unless Prince Charming comes riding up on a white horse, all the stars in the sky aline perfectly and he checks every box on my impossible list”. It was around 11 am on the day of the “Great North American Eclipse” or April 8th, 2024. The world was a smokey grey color from the eclipse and I was sitting in my car about to go into the gym. I had just gotten off the phone with Ryder after a heavy conversation he had NO IDEA, that in that moment he had exceeded my list of qualifications I had for My Dream Man. I spent the next 30 minutes in my car weeping like a baby, with thankfulness and utter shock that God hadn’t forgotten about me. I felt undeserving of this type of love and so humbled and grateful that God has placed so much favor on my life. I sat there with my past, present and future flashing before me. I was so mesmerized that all I could do was cry. What no one else knew about this moment was that several months before this I was at what felt like the bottom of my life. I prayed to God the most selfish prayer I had ever conducted asking for a very special someone to meet all of my impossible desires. I was very specific in this prayer and felt extremely selfish at the time. But, when Ryder unfolded his way into my life, revealing every drop of my private prayer I made to God with his pure heart, waving endless greens flags during this “Great North American Eclipse”, I KNEW.

My life has not been the easiest. Coming from two broken families, Tafoya and Barr. I grew up in conditions where I didn’t have food most nights, relying on school or food banks just to have a meal. After childhood, I was tired of that lifestyle and enlisted in the U.S Army to dig myself out of what felt like rock bottom. I always dreamed and longed for a loving and caring relationship with a Woman who loved me for me and a Partner I could love and cherish forever. I thought I could never even come close to having such a blessing. I wanted a family I could claim and call my own. Sometimes the ones who hurt you the most are the ones who share your blood, those who you're supposed to respect and trust. When I met Sheri Ann Barr I realized that she was my Dream Girl. One who I could see myself sharing the rest of my life with. The woman I could have and create a beautiful family with. I have found someone I could fully trust and not be afraid of. I'm blessed to have Sheri as my forever.💖 I know at the end of this life and beyond our love will continue to grow more and more. I am thankful that my prayers for a happy and loving family were answered by Christ. I now have everything that I have struggled and hoped for. I feel privileged and honored to call Sheri my wife from now until the end of ages and beyond. Sheri and Ryder ♾️☦️💜

“You fuel my heart beat”-Ryder “You are my flower and I am your soil and I will never let you go”-Ryder “You make my heart sink and fly at the same time.”-Sheri “I want our souls to touch and melt into each other”-Ryder “You deserve a thousand kisses everyday and than a thousand more”-Ryder “Im so afraid of losing you that I almost don’t want to try to keep you. But almost isn’t enough.”-Sheri “When there is shit confront it and when there is beauty enjoy it. Being with me is gonna be boring. But it will be peaceful.”-Ryder “I am your man and you are my girl. And everywhere we go I want everyone to to know.”-Ryder “I want to take your heart and put it right next to mine and hold it and heal you.”-Ryder “Your heart is like a beautiful cracked jewel and I am your jeweler.”-Ryder “You slow down my world while, everything else fly’s by. I can’t seem to catch my step from this fall into forever with you.”-Sheri “It’s Ryder and Sheri Forever.”-Ryder “What if we just exist in somebody’s Heart And the power of that Love vibrates and Fuels Atoms in the air to form the clouds that cry and water the soil that feeds us all.”-Sheri “I love you How much? More than the sun carries fuel”-Ryder “You are so cute! Do you wanna be my boyfriend?”-Sheri “Thanks, Do you wanna be my Wife?”-Ryder