We met at Alexander Children's Center where Cyteria was working as a Cottage Counselor and I was working as a Clinical Secretary in the "fish bowl." We forged a friendship that blossomed into romance. Despite bets that we would never last and seemingly against all odds, we committed to each other on April 12, 1982. Twelve years later, we committed to each other before God and our friends and family at our Holy Union at Metropolitan Community Church. We adopted our daughter when she was six years old and became a family. We will celebrate our life together before God, our friends and family on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte. On April 12, 2020, we will celebrate 38 years together. We consider ourselves exceedingly blessed.