On September 18, 2017 Shawn and I met online through a dating app. I must say that it had to be fate that we connected when we did since most of our lives we both lived in Florida and just so happened to have relocated to the same area in Georgia......definitely must have been meant to be! Needless to say the first day we spent many hours sending messages back and forth getting to know one another and then spent quite a few hours on the phone that same evening. The next night we agreed to meet in person for dinner and instantly connected this is where it all began.... from here the rest of this love story is pretty much a domino effect. Everything fell into place and Shawn quickly showed me that he had been the missing piece to my life. He managed to sweep me off of my feet, love my children and I unconditionally, and show me what having a true partner in a relationship is really like. Along with gaining a truly amazing man who never ceases to amaze me I have also gained a truly amazing family who I am proud to be a part of. On December 25, 2018 as we were finishing opening Christmas presents all of a sudden what seemed like Shawn rearranging Christmas ornaments on the tree (anyone that truly knows him would understand his OCD so this didn't seem odd) turned into him removing an ornament from the tree that had an engagement ring in it. All of a sudden he was on one knee asking me to marry him.....in 2017 he stole my heart so in 2020 I will be stealing his last name!! #soontobeawhitfield #cantwait