Six years ago today, I married my best friend! Time has flown by and here we are six years later with two awesome kids and too many animals! Eric and I met in the fall of 1996. He was the bass clarinet player that sat behind me in symphonic band my freshman year. He also went to church with my lab partner from Biology. We really didn't start to hang out until spring semester of 1997. We were placed in the same section of honors Biology 2 that spring and he was the only one in the class that I kind of knew. Our friendship blossomed as we became study buddies but it was never more than that since I had a long distance boyfriend at the time. We met each others families, talked daily and went out with a group on the weekends. That all changed one night right before Christmas break in 1997 (Lily's birthday is the 12th anniversary of our first date). Suddenly my best friend was my boyfriend and the rest is history! We dated through the rest of college and then dated 4 years long distance while Eric went to law school at Tech and I was in dental school in San Antonio. The first 2 years were the most difficult. We were both so busy and so poor that we only saw each other every 5-6 weeks. I think the fact that we were both swamped in professional study programs is the reason we were able to keep going. Neither one of us were slighted because we were both too busy for words! We got engaged after my second year of dental school and married two years later. God has richly blessed my life and Eric is one of the richest blessings He has given me. I praise God daily that Eric is in my life!
What an awesome story! That's neat that Lily's birthday is on the anniversary of your first date. God has had his hand in your relationship. Happy anniversary!
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