On August 24,2000 I met with Byron and Veronica and some of byron's friends by the band room and Veronica yells out "Are you guys gonna ask each other out!!??" I said i'm too shy i can't ask anyone out and byron said the same thing so Veronica looks at Byron and says do you wanna go out with her(looking at me) and he says yeah, then she looks at me and says do you wanna go out with him and i said yes. so then she said there ya go you're going out! so we were like ok.It was 8:08 on August 24,2000 (and then after that i saw the biggest spider i've ever seen in my life and said man that must mean something, ( now what the hell a spider would mean i have NO clue but yeah i said it!)). After that we went and got his bookbag because the bell rang and there was just something i felt that made me know this was right, even though at the time all his friends were druggies and aweful people! The next few weeks were heaven except for i had trouble talking to byron for a while because he was always with his druggy friends and i started getting sad so he started talking on the phone with me or sitting on the phone with me anyway. We were still very shy around each other but we hugged at school a lot and one day like 2 or 3 weeks after we started going out i told him i loved him.. maybe it was too early but i felt it! i had never felt that way before about ANYONE! it was almost scary but it's an amazing kind of scary like the kind that gives you butterflies in your stomach and makes you want to fly away and oh god i still feel that way sometimes it's not as strong all the time as it was then b/c we were still learning about each other and going through tons of "firsts"..for me anyway i'd never really made out with anyone which made it very awkward double dating b/c one night 2 weeks after we'd been going out one of my friends ( i won't mention any names for her boyfriends sake!) but anyway she was making out with her boyfriend of the time in the floor of my room and i kept talking and changing cd's in the cd player and i really didn't know what to do i was really confused and i'd never frickin' made out! it was sooo awkward! uncomfortable actually. and finally my friend sat up and goes SHUT UP! and byron says i'll shut her up and i turn to say huh and here he comes at me and started kissing me and we made out and it was awesome. He had made out before but that was all.After four months (which just so happened to be christmas eve!) He gave me a diamond ring!! It's only a promise ring type thing but I was so shocked i didn't know what to say and i felt so loved! Later on we cuddled and watched movies and my mom's boyfriend came in to take a picture of us with his new camera and that's it below. it seems so long ago now!
Over the first year we went out he spent more and more time with me to avoid his trouble making friends and he started getting himself together and he forgot his keys one night and so my mom let him sleep here on the couch so then he started spending like friday or saturday night here on the couch (after TONS of begging and another mother telling my mom how her son's girlfriends spent the weekend with them every weekend!) then one night we accidentally went to sleep together, it was COMPLETELY accidental we were just so comfortable and tired we just went to sleep so my mom didn't wake us then he started sleeping with me on the weekends and then he started staying on week nights just for miscellaneos reasons and then next thing you know we're living together! It was an interesting trip from meeting and knowing nothing about each other to living together, it was a while before we started living together.We have shared so many experiences over the past years.I took byron for his first official beach trip, we went to our first prom together (we went to both my junior and senior prom together),i took byron to his first job at long john silvers!.
Byron has been there through all kinds of things for me, I will always love him no matter what happens. On Monday July 28th, 2003 he set off for basic training for the Air Force. :*( He won't be out for 6 weeks!! Then after that, he goes to tech school and stays there for 62 days not including weekends(12weeks)! So it will be a long time until I see him again! We have made it through so much already I know as far I'm concerned I'll always love him and be here waiting for him!! Byron graduated from basic training last week (September 12,2003)at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX and I was there for a week to visit.I only go to see him 4 days but it was worth it!! He looks really sharp in uniform. I am really proud of him he's made it through the hard stuff and now he's working really hard to finish it through and do well. He has gotten so romantic and sweet since he's been gone. When it comes to a lot of things he's still the same old meany about but he's a lot more understanding and sweet!! :) We are probably going to get married in December but we haven't worked out all the details yet. Well anyways here are some pics of byron in uniform!! :
(This is a picture of Byron doing his 2.5 mile run! isn't he cute!! :) )
This is Byron in front of the Alamo (duh!..again he's soo cute!!)
Here's a pic of us together! We're still at the Alamo in this pic.
To Spend Forever (by Amanda E. Rogers) I give you my heart Mind, body and soul, I give you my love For you make me whole. I give you this promise The promise to try, I give you each breath And the tears I cry. I give you my past My future and now, I give you my thoughts My hope and this vow. To give you my voice, And the music I sing, I give you forever, I give you this ring. I give you my world, All the pain and strife, I give you my hand Learn to share my life. I give you this kiss And these words I say, "I'll cherish you always As of this day." I give you my faith That these words are true, For today, I swear, To spend my life with you.
-"All my life I've prayed for someone like you I thank God that I, that I finally found you All my life I've prayed for someone like you I hope that you feel the same way too Yes, I pray that you do, love me too I promised to never fall in love with a stranger, You're all I'm thinking of I praise the Lord above, For sending me your love, I cherish every hug, I REALLY LOVE YOU!!! "
"We'll paint the walls from blue to white And set the mood by candlelight Together we'll keep out the cold And I'll still be there when we're old If you'll let me So there's a room in my heart for you If your trust has been stolen too If you walk softly on this worn out wooden floor And leave behind you the hurt you've had before There's a room in my heart for you "
"I don't know what brought us here Something in the stars said you and me I don't know where this feeling comes from Surely it was meant to be For I have know you even in my dreams My eyes are open, my heart can see As sure as stars light the midnight sky As sure as children wonder why As sure as newborn babies cry I was born to give my love to you Born to give my love to you Heaven must be holding on To all the love I'm feeling now Here we are this is a moment I believe it's our turn somehow Hearts together, hands across the night One forever, finally in sight "
"Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed. Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower, and you it's only seed. It's the heart, afraid of breaking, that never learns to dance. It's the dream, afraid of waking, that never takes a chance. It's the one who won't be taken, who cannot seem to give. And the soul, afraid of dyin', that never learns to live. When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long, And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong, Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows, Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose. "
