The Beginning - Cliff Notes Version

I am sitting here wondering how should I put into a small post my love story??? If you know us... then you know how we met and how I made my husband's heart skip a beat. HAHAHA. If you know him, you are laughing at the previous sentence.

We met in college. It is a small college in Missouri. It has grown a little bit by now but when we were there... I was living in the only female residence hall on campus. The rest of the residence halls were for male residents. I met him in the first week of school on the steps of MAC Hall. He was a wrestler (I had no idea what that meant... really) and I was there to play basketball. Needless to say, from day 1 our journey began and hasn't stopped.

Missouri Valley College, Marshall, MO

 

 

Then there was one! I became pregnant... continued school... was manager for my college basketball team during my pregnancy and was IN LOVE. 

We had our first son in April of our first year at Valley. K'shon. I had 18 credits that spring semester. My mother came to help me finish the semester. She was with us for our last 6 weeks of our first year. God made such an amazing woman my mom! 

So, our college career was full of love and family. We both graduated with degrees and college experiences we shared with some friends we still see today and others who we hope are having great lives! I played 3 years of collegiate basketball and he had an amazing wrestling career! (Team National Champs 2013) All while raising a very out going little boy. He was a ladies man... everyone knew him on campus. Sometimes he attended college classes and we were always at athletic events. 

Little did I know having a child while pursuing my degree was preparation for the Olympics of multi-tasking! We were typical college students with more responsibility. We slept in, ate late, took naps, went to parties, hung out with friends, and oh yea, went to class. K'shon went to daycare for 5 hours while we were in class and when both of us had something going on, our neighbor Brandy (I CANNOT THANK HER ENOUGH) took care of him. Her daughter Jewel and K'shon became little buddies. 

Jump to 2005 and we are on to our new lives together (college graduates in debt)... K'shon was 4 years old and we were married! He is now 13!

He was ridin' solo for 9 years. And then his life changed !