X went to work like any other bland day, always a drag teaching new people how to work. So he didn't expect much when meeting the new clinician he was going to have to work with and possibly protect. However, once his eyes met hers it was different. He sensed that she was different. He sat in her group therapy, as is required by his job, was impressed with how she articulates things and presents issues. Seemed like a genuine, intellectual, kind hearted person. These qualities are rare in todays times so he didn't believe it. Through several conversations he was pleasantly surprised that she was the real deal. Her kind and caring nature comes from a genuine place. Her intellect is not for show, she is willing to question and see beyond the superficial surface level of life. Her spirit was a warm welcoming mystery. He began to fall for her in a real way, which was terrifying because he knew he was going to fall for her hard. Like a meteor crossing the event-horizon of a black hole, there was no escaping or fleeing from the powerful pull of such a great force. She made gestures which struck him so deeply that he would memorialize them in his heart. She changed his life in a way that inspires hope to the hopeless. He looked into himself, then outward at what could be, and took the leap of getting to really build a relationship with her. It was one of the first true steps of faith he would take and God delivered. He truly revealed himself to her on their first date in a way no one else had ever known him. Believing in the sensation which he knew to be was love. She returned this leap of faith by catching him and revealing herself as well. They continued to nurture this blossoming love with other dates, moments together talking, moments together healing, and moments together enjoying life's adventure. In the presence of God they both stepped further into the glory that is His light through His word and they grew even further. He looked at her living her life and saw his future. As if a memory of a time lived long ago, he saw a life with her. He saw the future that was meant to be, love that is meant to be shared, and the clear reality that she is the one. In that moment, this slow to learn man, understood without question or doubt that this beautiful, loving, fantastic God loving woman, was his wife. He just had to make it so. He had to make this future a reality by taking the necessary steps and grow to become the man she so rightfully deserves. With the help of God, mentors, love of his one and only, and an unbreakable will to move forward he has become a fraction of the man she deserves....but luckily she said yes. This is the story of how we met and how taking a leap of faith allowed this man to catch lightning in a bottle.

In the most unexpected way and at the most unexpected time Xavier came into my life. For a long time, I believed love was not meant for me and that I wasn’t worthy of it so I honestly closed my heart to love and marriage…..BUT GOD! God healed my heart and began to work on me and in me. The closer I moved to God, the closer I came to myself; to love myself, accept myself and forgive myself. I learned along the way that to know ourselves, we must know God and to know and love another we must know ourselves; neither can be done without God. In 2021, I met Xavier at work and we became very good, very close friends. One thing about him that stood out to me immediately was his confidence, work ethic, and natural leadership. Secondly, was how he felt like home almost instantly and the tenderness of his heart, once you see the real him. He saw me and I saw him…..then life happened! About a year later in 2022, I had left that particular job and he and I were no longer as close as we were but he always remained in the deepest parts of my heart and I knew we would cross paths again someday. Little did I know it would be just a few months later at the end of that year lol! BUT GOD! This time around your boy came in very serious, very intentional he was not playing games! Like a mix of your fav rom-com with some drama lol. Clearly I was the one that got away! However, I had to pump the brakes because so much had happened and I knew that anyone showing interest in me had to go through God to get to me. Each and every step of the way God has been and still is the author of our love story. Our love story is a God story! Xavier is not the man I dreamed of because he is above and beyond it. God has taken every little detail about me, both the known and unknown to me and packaged it into this amazing man who I would say yes to time and time again. I don’t want to just be a wife I want to be his wife! God really knows best and our love is the proof of that. Xavier, te amo siempre y para siempre ♥️