The story begins in January 2017, it was a busy Sunday morning and Marina had just started working at Zendejas Mexican Grille in Rancho Cucamonga. That is when she met Miguel for the first time and instantly, he was warned "She's a good girl Miguel, don't even think about it." During the time of Marina's year, she was in a complicated past relationship. Without knowing Miguel was growing interest for Marina and asked her out to the movies, she kindly declined and informed him that she was in a relationship. Miguel respected that and liked the fact that she had respect for her then relationship, but he never stopped liking her. As the time went on and Marina was out of that relationship, Miguel was excited to try again and ask her out. She sadly declined to the many times he had asked due to the fact that she was not ready for anything. Miguel patiently waited but never gave up and asked her a few more times. Miguel had asked her one last time to go out to the movies and she declined at first but then started to second guess and asked her best friend Sage if she should go. "Why not? You never know what might happen" and finally she said yes. That date was the first time they had kissed. After that, time went by and Marina was still unsure about her feelings towards Miguel and she had declined him 3 times when he would ask her to be his girlfriend. But she would always talk about him to her friends and her mom. And the same with Miguel, always talked about Marina to his friends and his mom. No matter how hard it was for the both of them, they still made time for each other, talking all night after work, going out on dates and getting to know more about one another. Feelings grew more and more, and the many times Marina had declined Miguel... On September 18, 2019, at a Dodger game (their favorite date spot) Marina finally realized that Miguel was the one she was praying for. With the help of some liquid courage, she turned to Miguel and asked, "Miguel, would you like to be my boyfriend?". Miguel was so surprised that he replied with "Are you drunk? Are you sure? Of course! I never thought this would happen!" After that night, the story of Miguel and Marina emerged into a wonderful life with a blessing of a beautiful daughter Annalise, a loving married life(civilly) and finally with the blessing of God…now happily waiting to be officially Married in their Catholic Church! And that is only just the beginning of their story! All Glory to God! ✨🤍✨