Our love story begins the summer before 9th grade. Puppy love. We were 13 years old. We talked every night on the phone until one of us fell asleep. We told each other we loved each other. If only we knew then what we know now. High School came and we stayed friends as we both dated different people but always had a spot tucked away in our hearts for each other. He dated my bestie in school and almost died when he was 15, illness. We reconnected at grad week 06. Again 2012 and married in 2017

We reconnected in 2012 after a few weeks of talking. He messaged on FB to check on me out of the blue. He said a guest character on Sesame Street he watched with his son reminded him of me; we just started talking like old friends. I came home weeks later for a baby shower, he offered me to stay with him at his dad’s house while he was inbetween moving. It felt odd, but hey, we were 23. When I pulled onto the road my stomach was in knots! And that first kiss, fireworks! We never looked back!

If we won $20,000 we would invest the money to assist with taking care of our family (5 kids) since my husband is disabled from the illness he suffered at 15 years old. We might even plan a small romantic getaway to have some one-on-one time we rarely get these days.