ANYWAY, some people know the story of how we met and all that but others don't. Plus this is to document our life and this story is a very important part of it all.
As some of you know, I was home schooled all the way through. The most I did at a public school was go once a week for classes at TCA. I also did home school classes once to twice a week at a church. That was about it. My life was consumed by choir, voice lessons, piano, and my church's worship team. I was a senior and still in highschool when we met. I did graduate early and he was out of school.
I started working at Mervyns in September 2005 and ended up getting a myspace account. I started talking to about 5 different guys on myspace. I initiated it. I didn't meet anyone until Oct 2005 when I met up with Zach for a mutual friend's play. The only reason I met up with him is because he went to school with a guy I went to India with and it was in a really public setting. Plus his dad was Ted Griffin, a popular radio host on a Christian music station, and I doubted he was lying about his identity. Anyway, I ended up getting lost and talked to him on the phone up to when I pulled up in the school. I don't know if it was love at first sight for me but Zach looked like he was going to have a heart attack. lol He just kept staring at me and smiling. It was weird for me cause I just had a cyst removed from the side of my face and I was really self conscious. I remember the exact outfit I wore. Brand new jeans with brown beads around the pockets, a long brown sweater jacket thing, and a pink/white shirt. He was wearing jeans a hoodie. Typical Zach. He looked like a college guy and I looked like a middle schooler. lol We had a great time at the play and after he asked me to come hang out but I declined.
We emailed a lot after that and got together a few more times. I remember the first time I met his best friend Kyle. We weren't officially dating or anything yet but we met up for lunch and Kyle was there. It was at Happys or something and they kept talking in their "gay talk" to each other. I seriously questioned if he was gay or not for awhile. I love Kyle though and he was part of lots of pre-dates :D Before we even met at the play, when Zach first saw my profile he told Kyle that I was the girl he was going to marry. He was dead set that I was from that day on. I still talked to the other guys too while talking to Zach. Zach worked full time as a manager at Taco Bell and he worked part time at Dominos. I worked full time at another store now so we would try to see each other in between jobs or by visiting each other. We went to the mall one day and he started holding my hand. I flipped out and told him I couldn't see him anymore. I wrote all the guys and told them I was just taking a break from boys for a while. Zach was the only one who responded incredibly nicely and told me he'd still be there for me as a friend.
We didn't talk for several weeks and the end of Dec 2005 we started talking again. Again, I initiated it. January, he came over to my house to meet my parents. He was a huge hit and everyone loved him. I had to get gas for my car so he followed me to the gas station. When we said goodbye he kissed my forehead. Later that night, I sent him a text saying "You missed". He responded asking where we were in our relationship and if I'd be his girlfriend. Before I wrote him back, I asked my sister, parents, and best friend what they thought. They all gave there approval so I told him yes. about a month later, I ended up moving in with his family.
We decided we wanted to get married and decided around September of 2007. March 2006 we found out we were pregnant so we decided to change the wedding date to June. Lots of it was peer pressure. We actually wanted to elope and have a wedding later but were kind of pushed into a wedding.
Funny thing is, Zach didn't even officially propose till May. The proposal was perfect though. He took me on a hike up at Glen Erie with Kyle of course. When we got to a waterfall, he pulled out a guitar, sang me a song he wrote, and asked me to marry him. Obviously, I said yes ;)
Our wedding day was crazy. I tried to run out several times but no one would let me leave. It was a lot of stress and we both believe we rushed it. The nice thing about our relationship is that I can be completely honest and its not like he will be pissed. He knows my feelings on the whole situation and whatever I say is not something he hasn't heard. June 30, 2006 we said our "I dos" and became man and wife. It was not the wedding we wanted but its done and over and we do plan on renewing our vows eventually.
Since then we've had LOTS of ups and downs but somehow we are still truckin'. We've been through more then most couples will go through in their lifetime. Two miscarriages, us both working full time jobs, moving 3 times in under 9 months, joining the military, basic, tech school, moving overseas, having 3 children and etc. We've stuck by each other though and all of it has brought us closer. Our relationship is no where near perfect but I don't think anyone's is. We don't have to fake our relationship. I love how real we can be with each other and how we don't have to hide anything from each other. The story of us is still being written and I'm excited to see where it will take us next :) To be continued - :D
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