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“Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite.”

14 years. 

14 years ago, to my dismay, Matt walked across Ohio Valley Wrestling’s parking lot, shook my hand, and introduced himself to me. He told me to stay and hang out after the show the following week, but of course, me, miss ‘always play hard to get’, left right after the show the next few weeks so that it wouldn’t look like I was just another wrestling fan girl. 

At the time, my sister was dating another wrestler who was friends with Matt and got him to go out to eat with us and a few other wrestlers after a show one night. Matt asked me if I wanted to ride with him in his Jeep…and this time, I hopped right in. He asked for my number that night...and the rest is history!


“A good marriage isn’t something you find; it’s something you make and you have to keep on making it.” 
– Gary Thomas

“And I’d choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you.”
– Kiersten White
“Walking with your hand in mine and mine in yours, that’s exactly where I want to be always.”

-Fawn Weaver


“The best time to love with your whole heart is always now, in this moment, because no breath beyond the current is promised.”

-Fawn Weaver


 “Happily ever after is not a fairy tale. It’s a choice.”
-Fawn Weaver



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