We met in second grade, but it wasn't until the following year that I realized I liked Coleman. We'd always laugh and have a great time together. Coleman was the perfect match for me the day I peed my pants in front of the entire class LOL. I was humiliated. Except Coleman, no one spoke to the girl who wet her pants in third grade. His heart has captured me ever since. When I was in fourth grade, I had a dream that Coleman and I were married, and at the end of the night, he swept me off my feet. I had no idea that 15 years later, I'd be LIVING my dream. THEN, on a RANDOM AFTER-SCHOOL DAY, Coleman had a friend ask me out for him, and I turned him down because I was being an idiot, and I still have no idea why. This day stayed with me for a long time!! Back in middle school, I was still keeping an eye on him. We grew closer, and he was unquestionably my best friend. When he was in eighth grade, I spent DAYS looking for a Christmas present for him. I gave him every signal that I had feelings for him, but nothing happened! We eventually discovered that we were both going to the same high school, and I couldn't be happier! OKAY, it's the first day of school, and I'm excited. I ditched the glasses and learned how to put on makeup. I couldn't wait to stroll into our homeroom with Coleman. This guy walks right past me and doesn't say anything! I yelled at him, "HEY, DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?? Are you not going to speak to me?" he gasps, claiming that "he didn't recognize me."  We were in the same English class two years in a row and sat next to each other, yet he never said anything to me!! A HANDFUL of our classmates also advised us to date... still a lot of nothing. Not even as homecoming dates. Okay, let's fast forward to sophomore year, when Coleman finally asked me out with the help of my two best friends, Hayley and Victoria. They were coaching him throughout the entire process. When he wrote me a note asking if I wanted to be his girl friend, I sarcastically walked up to him and said "no" like it was fourth grade, hahaha. We've been together for almost eight years and are more in love than ever. I can't wait to marry my first crush, as well as my one and only true love!

In second grade God placed the most amazing girl into my life. My 2nd grade self had no idea that this beautiful girl would be my wife one day. The moment our tiny selfs met we became the bests of friends. I never really thought that a girl could be my best friend, yet here she is still to this day. I gave her the hint early on in 4th grade that I really liked her and wanted to be more than just friends. I was very nervous to ask her to be my girlfriend, so I had a friend of mine ask her for me instead. It was right after school and she was about to get picked up to go home. I told my friend to run over there and ask, I was watching from a distance. He was talking to her, all I remember her doing was her shaking her head and I could hear the “NO” from 50 feet away. I was confused and pretty defeated, I swore that she liked me back so it really hurt when she said no. That is what I get for not having the balls to ask her myself. As the years went on our friendship became even stronger. Nothing could break us apart, even when she rejected me, we were still there for each other. She was giving me the signals that she was for real this time and wanted to date. She would spend hours talking to me, she gave me all the gifts that no one else knew I wanted except for her because she is the best listener, she started to like the music I like; although I think she kind of forced herself and more importantly she was always there for me no matter what. I was blind to all of what she was doing to get my attention for us to start dating. High school came around, it was very obvious that both of us wanted to date each other, however she was just waiting on me to stop being scared to ask her out. Honestly every time we saw each other I became so nervous to approach her that majority of the times I would just look at her and walk away. There would be times where I gave myself a countdown from 3 to go talk to her, but like always I was so scared to talk to her. God finally got tired of seeing me make a fool out of myself, so he gave me some courage and I asked her out. It still doesn't seem real to me that I am marrying someone I met in the 2nd grade, my best friend.