It was in geometry class. On a Friday. Middle of October. This was when she first step into my life. She was collecting her graded homework. I wasn’t paying attention in class and didn’t get to hear her name being called. For a whole week all I knew was a pretty face and no name. Friday came up again and I was ready to learn, just her name though. The teacher passed back graded homework at the end of class every Friday. Since the last Friday when I first saw her until now felt like months passed. Teacher had a stack of homework in his hands and called for Stephanie Bolanos. That pretty face gets up and my heart drops. I say to myself, "Steph & Van." I was only 16 years old then. From that moment I fell in love and I knew I was going to marry her.

After 10 years of being apart Van and I reunited by ways of a phone call where he asked me to marry him, I laughed and said how about we start off by talking. From the long talks, to the home cooked meals, the one of a kind serenading and jokes I knew I was in for a life full of endless joy, laughter and love. Four years after the reunion phone call he proposed once more, this time I knew he was my one and only...