My husband and myself have been married for 11 months. We were married on February 14, 2008. Our story is one of a long one but I will keep it short and sweet. I met my husband Erik in the 6th grade at Charles R. Drew Academy in Houston, Texas. We dated all through middle school despite his mother not liking me. When it came time to go to high school for 9th grade we ended up going to different high schools, him – Booker T. Washington, me – Aldine. We tried to keep in touch but eventually lost contact.
In my tenth/eleventh grade year, I found his phone number in a stack of papers and decided to call and lo and behold, he answered. We talked all night and agreed to go to the movies that following weekend. After the movies we began dating again. Also by the time we had gotten back together, I had a 2-month-old baby (by another guy) but he decided to be with me anyway. So from then on which was 2002, he proposed in 2003, we had OUR first child in 2004 (who was tragically murdered in 2006, our 2nd 2007, got married 2/2009 (I was 5months pregnant) and had our third child 6/2009. So to sum it up, we have known each other over 10 years, dated (and engaged) for 6 1/2 years, married for almost a year. Our story may not be a wonderful fairy tale as others may have but he will always and forever be my knight in shining armor!
