Three years ago, it was completely different. He was just the boy in a tan driver hat whose picture inspired her to join Match.com and find out they were – indeed – a perfect match. A quick meeting in Starbucks (she can tell you exactly what he was wearing, he can tell you exactly what…

Reasons Why Ray and Laura are Ah-Ma-Zing: 1) They take the inconveniences life brings and make them fun. Like when they played in the rain. 2) They stop to cherish each moment. Like when they played football in the field. 3) They don’t mind proclaiming their love from the rafters. Like when they sang to…

Four years ago, he was just the persistent dude on MySpace (yes. MySpace. remember? before Facebook?) who claimed to know her through a mutual friend (to this day he can’t remember who it was, though) and kept messaging her, asking for a date. She put him off. Turned him down. Ignored him. He didn’t give…

Hers was a city life. Full of dance lessons and beauty pageants and high heels and pink dresses, she spent a childhood full of ballet shoes and hair spray and nailpolish and lipstick. He spent his days in his field. With his cows. In the barn. At the fair. His cowboy boots and blue jeans…

  She ran toward him, arms flung wide. Giggling, she didn’t even try to dodge the rain drops. Half her heart stood up the path, waiting for her. Patiently. Gently. Happily. He waited for her. Soaking in the rain as gleefully as she basked in his love, she reached his side. Throwing her arms around…

She stood wrapped in his strong arms, sheltered by his love, and basking in the tranquility of his strength. Telling the story of their meeting was no easy task. Not that its a hard story to tell, but they kept interrupting each other to tell yet another fun fact or to tease about yet another…