Just Us
“It started when we were younger, you were mine”
Most know that we met in middle school. That’s where the friendship and crushing started; the AIM conversations and refusing to hang up the phone first (nights and weekends). Where the puppy love began is also where it ended, but the friendship remained. The “I love you’s” and “forever’s” we expressed were young and innocent at the time but ended up becoming the foundation of what was to come.
“Even if I tried to run, it’d be running right back you…”
The next chapter of our story isn’t well known, but it might be the most significant part in our relationship. In high school we became close as ever but was followed by our journey apart. We went our own ways. Going into college, the distance became physical as well and it looked like it was going to be a story untold.
The small olive branch between us led to an unexpected message. The one message became many, and the reconnection began. The time and space we experienced apart showed us exactly what we needed to know, and what we knew was that we didn’t want to be apart again.
After reconnecting, it marked a new beginning. Things were different this time and though we faced our challenges early on, nothing was going to get between us again. The years following we spent living together in our handful of apartments and eventually to our first house. We’ve worked together from Kids Footlocker to Tobi, and are now remote-coworkers. And of course over that period of time we spent growing our family that includes our 3 beautiful daughters – Cali, Leila, and Maxine.
While pregnant with our second daughter in 2014, we decided to get married. In an intimate wedding ceremony, at San Diego City Hall, we hosted a small group of family. A day we will never forget, and the milestone we wish to commemorate with all of the people that make us who we are!
“I can be all you need, this time it's all of me.”
