So, here we are starting 2010, I thought to myself that I would finally start a blog like I have thought about for so long. The problem is where do I start. I guess the best thing is to start with my background, I guess where I have been and what has happened in my life until now since the rest of this blog will be the future. So, here goes!
I guess I will start with 1996, which is when this Lloyd family thing started with me. After graduation in 1996 from high school I decided I was ready to enjoy life and focus on myself and having fun. That summer I prayed to God for him to send me someone to share my life with. I laid out the qualities that I wanted in a man and prayed that if he would send him to me that I would wait for him. Needless did I know how quickly my prayers would be answered.
As the summer came and went, I started getting ready to start college at the University of Montevallo. My friend Natalie ( I call her Natty) were ready to start college together. In August, about 2 weeks before starting college, my other friend Jessica (I call her Jessi) decided to play matchmaker. She said there was a guy that she worked with that she thought we were kind of in the same place and might hit it off. So, she setup a "meet and greet" group date. So, we went to eat that night as a group of friends and I met Kevin. We had a fun dinner and all laughed and had a good time. Then after dinner the guys wanted to know if we wanted to go play Q-Zar (I guess that is how you spell it). It was across the street, so all us girls were like sure. We played for a while but of course us girls just shot each other- not realizing we weren't supposed to shoot our own team mates. Afterwards we went to Montevallo and hung out at one of Kevin's friends apartments. We finally got to talk one on one, which of course Kevin to this day states I didn't hardly talk at all. So, I didn't make a very good impression. Honestly, neither did he. I really wasn't feeling a spark for someone that was SOOOO INTENSE at playing Q-Zar. I laugh about it everytime I think of it, but now know that is his VIDEO GAME SIDE coming out and his competitive kid nature. Well we had fun getting to know each other and Natty was moving in the dorm the next day so we decided to leave. I told Jessica that I thought he was a nice guy, but I just didn't feel any sparks.
Well here goes, college days. I start college at U of M- College of Business. Of course the only person I know at Montevallo is Natty and she is a music major. Here I go into one of my classes and know no one. I look over during class and who do I see, Kevin. He glances over at me and we both kind of wave hellos at each other. I was like, small world, someone I know. Like I said, I thought he was a nice guy, so I saw no harm in being friendly. So, the next day I move over and sit by him in class. He tells me now he was shocked that I actually came and sat beside him the next day. So starts our relationship. After getting to know each other a little and hanging out with him at the fraternity hall, he finally asked me out. We dated from September to February. Everything was so natural with us and just always felt right.
In February, for Valentine's Day, he gave me a promise ring and a few days later he proposed to me. Of course we wanted to wait and get married after we finished school, but that didn't happen. We got married September 12th, 1997 almost a year after we met and we have been together ever since. Remember the qualities that I said I asked God for earlier in a man. Well Kevin had every one of them, I was amazed.
Our marriage has seen our share of good times and a lot of bad ones too. It hasn't been an easy road at all, but we are still together and he will always be my partner through the good times and the bad. I am so grateful to be sharing my life with him.
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