While working as a receptionist after college at my fathers dental office, Leonard came in for an office visit. He walked into the dental office and began a conversation discussing his non-profit organization and personal assistant handling all of his business matters. I immediately knew that was lying but enjoyed listening to his lavish story. He continued to come into the dental office every couple of days for "appointments" knowing he didn't need them. He would sneak and make faces and flirt behind the glass. After a couple of weeks of his unnecessary visits to the dental office, we finally exchanged numbers.
We went on our first date in April of 2013 and saw the movie "Pain and Gain." It was one of the worse movies I'd ever seen. The quiet movie theater gave us the opportunity to get to know one an other, we spent the entire movie laughing. At the conclusion of our date I decided that we would be great friends but that's it.
Our relationship developed into a beautiful love story after spending hours on the phone nightly talking about our hopes and dreams. I told him that I would be moving to North Carolina to start my career and he was upset but so supportive. Moving to North Carolina was a huge challenge for us but Leonard made every effort to visit and make me a priority. We survived a year long, long distant relationship. After that we decided we would never do that again. We fell in love in the quiet moments we would spend together watching TV and cracking jokes, making our lavish dinners and trying new recipes.
We moved from North Carolina to Atlanta and then to Texas as a happy couple. We welcomed our baby boy Jayce to the family 2 years ago.
After returning home to Florida in 2019 Leonard finally popped the question.
We are so looking forward to starting this new chapter together, and can’t wait to celebrate with all of our favourite people.
After going from dentist to dentist trying to find the right one my mom recommended I try the dentist on 183rd and 6th ave. After getting off the bus and walking to the door I noticed it was locked, just as I was about to walk away I looked up and saw this young lady, in my head I was thinking Damn she right. At the time I wasn't having success in the dating game but I told myself that I would go for it. As I entered the building I rang the bell and guess whose sitting at the desk Joya and her mom. I was at a lost for words, I didn't know what to say, I was stuck. I tried hard to impress her but I think it came off as corny. But it worked because 2 weeks later she called me.
On our 1st date we went to the movies and I let her pick, she choose Pain and Gain, the movie was horrible. We decided to get to know each other during the movie and I’m telling you we had a blast. It was non stop laughter and a bunch of sshhhh be quiet y'all loud. To be honest I knew that night that I wanted to be with Joya.
Joya told me she was moving to NC and I was heartbroken because, I’d just met her and I was not ready to see her go. Everyday that she let me I would go to her job and see her and the days she was busy I made sure we used FaceTime.
A little time went by and I moved to N.C. That was the best decision I made in my life. Durham is where I felt that Joya was the girl I wanted to spend my life with. She opened me up to so much and I was just in awe of how she treated me. Every Saturday we were in somebodies movie theater and at a restaurant. Then we discovered a place called Asheville and we fell in love. She never missed a beat when it came to holidays and birthdays. She made me feel loved and appreciated and that’s what made me fall deeper in love with her but I didn’t want her to know that yet.
After a stint in N.C. we moved to Atlanta for Joya to further her education and I was all for it. Atlanta was a great place where I met some good people and made bonds that can’t be broken.
Joya told me she was pregnant and I screamed and gave her the biggest hug because I was so excited. Shortly after that we moved to Texas and had our little bundle of joy. He made us even happier and we enjoy being a family. Jayce made us even closer and my love for Joya grew even more.
Once we moved home I finally manned up and decided to propose because I knew in my heart that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with Joya. She has been the best thing that has happened to me and I want to continue to grow and love her with all my being.
We are so looking forward to starting this new chapter together, and can’t wait to celebrate with all of our favorite people.