Love Story
When We First Met
Every love story has a beginning. I could say we were high school sweethearts, but that implies we been dating all through high school. My family moved to Sahuarita, Arizona in December 2007, in the middle of my freshmen year. Sahuarita is a small town about 20 minutes south of Tucson. Devin moved to Sahuarita when he was in 8th grade, just six months before I moved there. When I first met Devin, we were on the afternoon school bus to go home. I was a sophmore, he was a freshmen. He does, however, look older than he actually was. We were aquantinces, bus friends, but nothing more. Devin and I lived in the same neighborhood during high school and shortly after. We always sat across from each other on the bus, and his friend would always tease us about flirting. I never thought of him as more than a friend, until he asked me out for my senior year.
When We Started Dating
At the beginning of Summer 2010, Devin decided to ask me out. I was hung up over another boy that did not want to date me, so I said yes to Devin. We dated for a day, but I felt like I was using him to get back at the boy I liked, so I broke it off. A few weeks later, I decided that I actually do like Devin and I want to give him a chance if he was willing. We didn't officially start dating till November 2010. We were always hanging out at his house, doing homework and playing video games. We would go to the movies, go hiking nearby, I would have dinner at his house often. I never felt so loved and appriciated until Devin showed up in my life. Around March of 2012, he told me that he enlisted in the Navy, I was devestated. I knew it was a possibility for him to go into the Navy since his older brother left a year prior. I told myself that if he goes into the Navy, I would need to break up with him because I did not want to do a long distance relationship. The time came when he told me he enlisted, and instead of breaking up with him, I stayed because I was too in love with him. We even went to Magic Mountain together in the summer of 2012, after he graduated from high school. We were happy, that is until he broke up with me.
When We Broke Up
Not going to say that the break up was a long time coming, in fact, I was shocked. He told me that he doesn't love me anymore. Of coarse, as time went by, we both knew he was kidding himself. Before he left for bootcamp in January 2013, he confessed that he never stopped loving me. He didn't want me to go through the Navy life with him because he thought it would be not fair to ask me to wait around for him. I understood his point of view, and I even told myself that I will not subject myself to a long distance relationship, but I fell for him and he did for me.
When We Got Back Together
He left for bootcamp in January 2013, a week before my 20th birthday. I been attending school at Pima Community College for three semester by then. We didn't officially get back together until after he graduated from bootcamp 8 weeks later. That is the start of our long distance relationship. He went to Charleston, South Carolina to go to school to be a Nuke. I flew to South Carolina in July 2013 to see Devin for the first time since he left for bootcamp. In September 2013, he flew back to Tucson a day early to surprise me. And again in December 2013 for Christmas. In February 2014, I flew up to South Carolina on Valentine's Day. When we got to our hotel room, that is when he popped the question.
When We Got Engaged
When we arrived in our hotel room, I told him I have a card for him for Valentine's day. Then he told me he has a "gift" for me, but I need to close my eyes. As my eyes were closed, I could hear him rustle through his bag, trying to find my "gift". When he told me to open my eyes, I opened them and saw him on one knee with the ring in the box. He asked "Will you marry me?" and I said "Yes!" and I jumped in his arms. He told me that he was pretending to rustle through his bag to throw me off.
When We Got Married
On December 21st of 2014, we recited our vows and said "I do" to each other. It is not as simple as that. Our wedding date changed five times before this date due to him being able to take time from school to fly back home. I planned every detail of our wedding, from venue to color scheme to flowers to cake to dress, etc. When it came time to walk down the aisle, my mom gave me away and I was standing in front of everyone that I invited. I never felt more nervous in my entire life, my whole body was shaking uncontrollably. When our pastor told us to turn towards each other, Devin felt me shaking and started stroking his thumbs over my hands and I started to feel more calm. That reassured me that this is the right decision. Although I had every detail planned, I guess I forgot to designate someone to be in charge of the seating charts and my tossing bouquet (smaller version of my bouquet) so they were left at the church. I ended up using my phone with a rough draft of the seating chart and using one of the bridesmaid's bouquet. All in all, it was a good wedding, and best of all, I got to married the one I love.
When We Moved to San Diego
Devin finished his schooling and graduated at the end of January 2015. He then left for his first deployment March 2015, just two months after we got married. The deployment was eight and a half months long. When the ship arrived in San Diego on November 2015, we made the move to San Diego. It was the first time I ever been on my own. We first lived in a small two bedroom apartment, then upgraded to a three bedroom rental house. We have no children, and we now have two dogs. Since we got married at the age of 21, we do not want to rush and have children immediatly.