After the conference was over, Michael drove me to the airport and stayed with me for hours until my flight. Right when we both got home, we spent every second together until I left for Newport News to go back to school. Then we spent every minute on the phone together. Michael would drive back and forth to Newport News constantly. Then after he graduated, he moved to Newport News while I got my masters. Still commuting back and forth to Richmond for work. In May 2011, he proposed. Michael got a job closer, I started teaching, and we planned the most amazing wedding day a girl could ask for. We bought a place in Newport News and I settled in. On October 27, 2012 we had that perfect day… despite the wrath Hurricane Sandy trying to share the weekend with us.

Part III – Thank you Facebook Our senior year of college we had one of those quick conversations again, but this time we caught each other when we were both online.  We messaged back and forth. Michael: So, what have you been up to? Laura: Not much, looking forward to break.  I’m going to a […]

Part II – Not Quite Us So, we’d finally met in our senior year of high school. We became friends pretty quickly – playing numerous games of Sudoku in our shared government class.. A few months later we started hanging out outside of school. And a few months after that, we started to date, just […]