Our Story

Lieutenant and I (17;18)

Lieutenant and I met in my freshman year and his sophomore year in high school (2003-2004.) I was a shy but friendly fourteen year old and he was the smart, funny fifteen year old. We met through mutual friends after I joined the Junior Air Force ROTC.

To be honest, we met online! Lieutenant had his own website where he could talk freely with his friends about military stuff or just funny things that they enjoyed. When our mutual friend Q told me to join the website, Lieutenant and I starting emailing each other back and forth and we soon found out that we had a lot in common. When we decided to meet up, we were attending our high school's groundbreaking ceremony (the old school was getting destroyed for a brand new school.) When I met him, I was SO shy and he was SO tall. We continued to talk online everyday but did not see each other during school much other than sometimes a pass in the hall. I would watch him during my lunch breaks because he was the flight commander for his class (leadership skills already! ha!)

The next year I was rezoned for a different school. We vowed to keep talking but I started seeing someone else. After a year and a half, I knew that he wasn't for me but I did learn a lot from it. I told myself to swear off relationships so I could no longer be hurt. But then by chance, Lieutenant came back into my life. We started talking more, seeing each other more and soon became inseparable best friends. We fell in love, completely and wholly.

One year ago my dad planned to move to Arizona to start his life with his second wife after his 19 year divorce to my birth mother. I had nowhere to go because I was in college full time and couldn't afford to live on my own. Lieutenant and I made a joint decision to end our three year relationship until he commissioned. We both knew it was best to get life experience before we married each other. While we knew that we were "soul mates" we also needed to make a very important decision. Lieutenant saw other people and I focused on school and spending time with my family. We both learned a lot from taking our break.

On August 13, 2010, Lieutenant and I sat on a Naval Air station beach on the coast of California. This came after my decision to move back home until he commissioned. That was the night he proposed. We don't know what is in store for us but we know that it will be wonderful and amazing. Our history together and our choices have only made us stronger and I know that our love will last a lifetime.