Memories from eHarmony.com ~April 2005

Louis Dean and I 'matched' on eHarmony on April 16, 2005.

What a difference April of that year made in how I lived the rest of my life!

While we began our 'communication' on the 16th - we did not meet in person until April 30th.

By then we had emailed and telephoned back and forth.

We even did some instant messaging on the computer - a new thing to both of us.

Hard to believe that's obsolete already!

On Saturday April 30, 2005 we meet at the Fort Worth Zoo for our first date.

My mother took the picture of us together in her living room.

She said she just KNEW we would be a good match when I sat down right next to him!

At that point in my life I was no longer a 'hugger!' I didn't even hug my own brother!

The fact that I felt so comfortable and safe with Louis Dean was a very good sign.

That day seems so long ago......and yet again - it seems like yesterday!

Louis Dean was talking marriage on our very first date!

This is a picture of the first time he came over to see me......and meet my house!!

Meeting my house was about as important as meeting my family!!

Wasn't he cute??

We have had fun together ever since.

So many hours of laughing and doing and being.....

There have been difficulties along the way but never between us.

He had a scary time with a heart attack and then another near one a year or two later.

I did a blog post 'You Have a Match on eHarmony.com! on our 5th wedding anniverary

and then another - Thank you, eHarmony!

on our 7th wedding anniversary.

I love being married to Louis Dean! He is without a doubt the nicest, kindest man I have ever met in my life.

We wake up together every morning and go to sleep together every night.

While the shadows of our years are growing shorter we still treasure every minute, hour, day, week and year that the Lord has given to us.

Looking back I am still amazed I married so quickly - but I would do it all over again in a heartbeat!

Thank you, eHarmony!!

We were a perfect match!

AND we still ARE!!