She shot me in the balls! That's how we met. Not in a million years could the two of us have known that an impromptu invite to a paintball park would have changed our lives forever. On that day, a strange, masked woman ran off cackling after a successful, albeit very low, blow to the groin and ended up becoming a very dear friend. After several meetups as a group, our mutual appreciation for exploration and adventure lead us to meet up on our own that eventually, overtime, morphed into full blown dates, shared hopes and dreams, and even shared responsibilities with her children. Now we own a house together. We have traveled the world. We have been there for each other during the best of times, but more importantly, we have been supportive to one another during all of the hard challenges that life has thrown at us. That's important. Any words that I use to describe what I feel for Rubie Sanchez will fall well short of accurately conveying what she truly means to me. How completely she has provided the missing pieces in my life that even I was not aware were never present. Rubie is existence. For me. The air in my lungs; the blood in my veins. She is life. My life. Don't get me wrong! She hit the jackpot as well. I mean look at me! The truth is we complete each other. We are getting married... It is without question, the best decision I have ever made. --Thomas Nash