When you find The One!

 I was about 9 years old and it was summer in Tennessee. My mother, probably having run out ways to entertain me and my brother, loaded us in the car and took us to a nearby KOA campground that had a swimming pool. There were only two other kids in the pool, a boy and a girl. My brother and I made fast friends with the boy and didn't give the girl much notice, since we were 9 & 7. I had no idea then, or for years later that that girl was my future wife!
 Fast forward 7 or 8 years and I'm a junior in high school. I despise school ( I don't use that term lightly at ALL, I despised the entire scholastic institution and all it entailed) and just wanted it to be over and get out. I have no idea what I want to do or be but I know that school isn't answering anything for me on those fronts. I sign up for an elective art class, figuring that it'll be an easy "A" and I'll be one step closer to scholastic freedom. The first day of class, I actually fall in love at first sight. (Yes that does happen) The most beautiful girl I've ever seen walks into class and I (having absolutely no game when it comes to girls) decide that I must meet, date and marry this girl. We became friends. I languished in the dreaded "friend-zone" for, what seemed like, ever! I chased her, I begged her, I told her all about my undying love for her and I eventually wore her down! We dated and I asked her to marry me, she said yes and we are now celebrating our 27 trip around the sun as husband and wife. She's my best friend, my most trusted companion, my spiritual compass. She's still the hottest woman I've ever laid eyes on and she still laughs at many of my jokes (not all but I'm still working on her). Thank you Buffy Venable Holt for making all of my dreams come true, every time, all the time. I love you more than you'll ever know.