The Love Of My Life !

I got ready for work just like any other day, although it wasn't the usual normal day. It was the day I met the love of my life !! 

I was told growing up that someday I would meet my prince charming. I never really thought about it. I was never much interested on the whole LOVE thing. Plus i never had much luck with guys anyways, i was always the odd one out. So i mostly just kept to myself! I didn't end up having my first boyfriend till i was in middle school, funny how it all started. I was on summer vacation visiting my family in El Salvador, you know enjoying the warm weather. My aunt was the god-mother of this girl that was having her quinceanera. * Spanish tradition that when a girl turns 15 she becomes a women so they throw a huge party kinda to celebrate it.* My aunt was helping the girl's family to arrange everything they needed for the party and i was helping her out with it. We were off to the stores and before we left we ended up picking this guy to come with, and yes that was my first boyfriend ! Guess you could say it was love at for sight for both of us. We dated for the remaining time i was there and then again a couple more times after that, but it didn't really go anywhere. So basically what it was, was just a summer fling. Once i entered high school i did end up dating a couple more guys. Most of them just went to crap, so i decided to stay single for awhile. I'm not saying i didn't go and have fun, but i really wasn't looking for much of a relationship. Senior year came around and i was dealing with a lot of major things, but i always tried to keep my chin up. I ended meeting this guy who was just charming, i was drawn to him from the moment i seen him. We got to know each other and a couple weeks later made it official. Everything was going great, until an incident happened that put both of us in a really tight spot. We had to make adult decisions that we weren't really sure of. He ended up leaving me, because the situation ... and i quote " Was not his problem ! " So i was all on my own, i went through a big depression and started hurting myself. I searched for help, but everything they told me to do was not working. I was young, scared, and all by myself ! I ended up having an accident that ended up changing all the plans i had. You can say this accident fixed somethings, but it also caused a lot of pain. After graduation i decided to move in with my older brother in South Dakota. He was all alone and was going through a pretty hard time, so i decided to go be his support. That decision was the one that ended up changing my life completely !

A week after i moved out to South Dakota i got a job at a retail store. It was a pretty cool place to work at, everyone was pretty friendly. Shortly after i ended up becoming a manager. I loved the job ! I left for a weekend to go back home to Minnesota to see my family. I think it was someone's birthday or a holiday, i don't really remember. That Monday that i showed up for work i realized we had a new employee. I was already familiar with a lot of people in town, but i had never seen him before. I didn't think much of it, just happy we had another helpful hand at work. I was the closing manager that night and i was in charge of telling the employees what their jobs were. He was new so he had didn't know the jobs, so i had him clean the bathrooms. Had to show him where we kept all the supplies and how things worked during closing time. We got along off the bat, and he kept making me laugh. I closed down the store and we headed out for the night. A friend and i were talking in the parking lot and he came over and entered the conversation. We talked for awhile and then my friend left, which just left him and I. We kept talking and i realized he was such an easy person to talk to. Plus he has a great smile! He asked for my number and to hangout, i told him i couldn't that night because my brother had a Christmas party going on and i had to be the DD. He said well just let me know if you have a little time to hang before you go get them. I reassured him i would! 

I thought he was amazing, i loved hanging out with him. Even though some days he made make me want to strangle him. I felt like i could talk to him about anything, i felt like i could be myself around him. Working with him was a blast! Always joking around and making work more entertaining. We ended up kind of having a fling, i didn't think much of it. We were just having fun. He was single and so was i, so we just had some adventures. Two months after knowing each other, there came a night where we were just cruising around, listening to music and having a good time, it was amazing. We were listening to the radio and the song "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber came on, and he started singing it to me... Country style. It caught me completely of guard, and i was a little bit confused. But when i looked over at him, I felt something special. He asked me to hang with him at his apartment and i accepted. At one point we were cuddling and out of no where he looked over at me and said, " Leslie, I think we should give it a try. I think we would make a cute couple!" Now that shocked me more than the singing! I really asked myself, *Is he SERIOUS!!* and oh boy, Yes he WAS! 


Now almost a year later, here we are. Two crazies in LOVE!! Sadly a situation happened that made us go our separate ways for awhile. It was the worst time of my life! I felt so lost without him, I didn't know what to do with myself. Anyone could say that i'm an outgoing person, always down to try new things and have fun. But the moment i lost him... all of that changed. A HUGE part of me was missing, i honestly did not know how to handle myself. I cried and cried myself to sleep. Knowing that he wasn't mine killed me!  I couldn't stand seeing him around town and not being able to hug, kiss, or even hold his hand. So i made the tough decision of moving back home to Minnesota. I really thought being home would make things easier, but it didn't! We came to a realization that no matter what we did or tried, we couldn't be without each other. That's where the decision of getting back together came, and not only that. WE'RE ENGAGED!!!!!!! I'm the happiest girl in the world. I love this man with all my heart. He's my everything, the lyrics to my favorite songs, the warmth of my blanket, the icing to my cake, the smoke to my high, The butterflies i feel in my belly, the straw to my berry...and i can go on and on! 

Hunny you are the love of my life, and i can't imagine it without you. Thank you for everything you've done for me. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you. You are honestly my other half. Our wedding day will be amazing and beautiful! Love you to the moon and back. 02.24.15 FOREVER and ALWAYS <3