Joe and I met on AOL messenger in January of 1998. I don't know why or what I was looking for when I was searching Ft. Lewis, but who cares now I found Joe. When we first started emailing back and forth he told me he was from Ohio. So in my 19 year old mind I thought he was a fat farmer from Ohio...talk about stereotyping. At the time he was dating a girl from Canada, I was dating someone. We emailed almost daily if not more then once. He eventually broke up with his girlfriend, I broke up with mine. Joe and I decided we should meet around memorial day of that same year. I sent him a picture of me but he just told me what he looked like and didn't share a picture with me. So my friend and I drove up to Ft. Lewis from Portland to meet Joe. We went to the main gate and waited where he told us to wait. We waited for a while and realized that I got stood up. So we headed up to Seattle for the rest of the day and then drove back down to Portland. When I got home there was an email from Joe accusing me of standing him up. I was mad but kept reading the email. He admitted he couldn't talk to me for this reason: "Hot girls like you don't talk to guys like me." I was livid. We drove an hour and a half to meet him and he chickened out. We kept on communicating and quickly realized we were developing more then just a friendship. I know it sounds kinda stupid to say you can fall for someone you only email, but it did happen. Finally, on September 12, 1998 we met for real. The same friend and I drove back up to Ft. Lewis and met him at his barracks. We then drove up to Puyallup, Washington to the state fair, and that is where we had our first date! I knew when he held my hand that this was the one I was going to spend the rest of my life with. I had a little secret back then I wouldn't kiss, hold hands, or do anything else physical with anyone until I knew I was going be with that person for life. To me that was something special to be only given away once. Joe was my first kiss after we got back to the barracks the night after our first date! I am not going say the rest is history cause we are still in the process of making more memories. We are going go recreate our first date this year in September. I am looking forward to that!! I am blessed to be married to Joe. I knew then and I know now that no matter what we will always be together. He is who God created me to spend my life with!
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