Our Story
The love of my life... Sam is my soul mate for life... Let me start from the begining and tell you all about him and our story together...It all started the first Friday of December 2001 I was at my all time low in life, I gave up on just about everything and finding someone to have in my life was not even on my list but this man from out of the blue was interduced to me by his brother Kenny whom I have known for the past year while living here in Athens. My whole body went weak just by looking at him. There was something in his eyes I saw, It was that look everyone has told me they have seen in my eyes for this past year. I was scared , I mean really scared. I did not know what it was I was feeling I have never felt it before than he spoke! He said Hello and I thought I was going to either look stupid by running away I mean running really fast or I was going to faint right there in front of the hundred people that were at his brother Kenny's Auction.
We talked for a short time and he spoke with my girls and I found a excuse to walk away but, I kept finding myself walking past him and looking and still scared as hell of what I was feeling. I have not been interested in anyone for a year. Anyway as the night went on and the Auction ended his brother called me over and asked me if I like Motorcycles and I said yes, why? He said we are going on a ride this Sunday morning for "Toys for tots" and Sam needs someone to ride with him. I said well it sounds like fun and I have nothing else to do since the only thing I have really done in the past year since my divorce was go to Auctions with my kids and parents, I needed to get out and have some kind of fun.....
Saturday night I took my girls out and found an excuse to go to the Saturday night auction... ok I already knew about the ride, what to wear, what time and so on but figured it would work as a excuse to look one more time :-)
When I got there he did not see me so I was safe, I stood there for 45 minutes before he looked up and saw me. Sam came right over and asked me if I wanted to get a cup of coffee I said NO THANK YOU ! My mother said go get some coffee and told Sam she would love to..... MOM!!!!! Thank you :-) We went and got the coffee in the cafe and talked about the ride and what not and than he had to get back to selling his stuff at the Auction so we went ahead and left.... I thought about him all night and I was really starting to go crazy, I did not want to feel this way, I was not ready and my life has been hell and there was no room in my life for anyone else. No one could accept the problems I was having....

* THE RIDE *
Sunday morning I got my girls off to church with my parents than begain the wear this or that thing, Is my hair ok, what shoes do I wear? Ok take everything off your not going that is all there is to it... God, I hear a motorcycle ! Their here!!!!! Ok putting back on the boots and I headed out the door and there he was Damn did he look great on a bike! I have no idea why I did my hair it was winded within a mile down the road. All day I was scared to touch him my mind and heart were fighting all day, but by night fall it was getting even colder and I did not have gloves so I put my hands in his pockets...It took me 8 hours to touch him...! Not because I did not want to but because I knew the minute I did there would be no turning back and I would have to keep him for a life time.....Sam took me home and we talked for awhile and he left I could not even sleep....
Tuesday night I went to his brothers other Auction in Tyler and there he was standing there all by him self cooking chile for the crowd that was forming... I walked past a few times and he did not see me, than my mother said if you want it go get it before someone else does. I went over to him and said hi and he gave me a hug. We talked for a bit and he asked me to go to dinner with him the next night with his brother and sister in-law clairice and I said yes of course....after that there was some heavy flirting going on between us across the room and everyone in the building saw it and sensed what was happening...We went to dinner the next night and found so much in common through our talks where we have been in life, what we want in life and both have been married twice and both longing for someone to be in our life to love and live happy with that from that day forward we could not stand to be away from each other.
Thursday night, Sam came over and picked me and the girls up for dinner and the girls feel in love with him just like I did. Through dinner and a lot of talking Megan my youngest got up came over to our side of the booth and crawled in Sam's lap and called him Daddy.... Sam looked at me and I looked at him and said I don't know what to say this has never happened. He said, thats ok I don't mind and hugged Megan than me. We did a lot of spending time together and talking and within a week we were living together and I was still in total shock over how this man can walk into my life, take over my heart, mind, body and soul.

*January 3, 2002*
Sam asked me to marry him when our song came on the radio, I said yes and we set a date to start our new journey together for a life time. March 16,2002 Sam and I will go up in front of our church, family and friends and pledge our love for one another and become Husband and Wife.
I can tell you this much I have had dreams for 17 years of a man, I could never see his face.... But, he treated me so kind, loving and special. I used to tell my self he is only a dream he will never come to me in my waking hours. I was wrong he did, Sam is everything I have ever wanted and needed in my life and there is no one or nothing that could ever change my mind about becoming his wife nor is there anything that could make me doubt his love for me and the girls.
I can tell you this much, if you think there is no one out there who will capture your heart, mind, body and soul you are wrong, When you stop trying to find that dream and start to feel there is no hope your prince charming will come along and take you to a place you have never been before "Heaven"......

*December 07, 2004*
Here we are three years later and still going stronger than ever. Sam and I have such a wonderful life together. We never thought love could be so beautiful and so wonderful. We still look at each other like we did two years ago and still love spending every minute of the day and night together. Some people we know do not understand how we can be so happy still and enjoy to be together as much as we do... I really think they think we are not telling them the truth ... Sorry guys we are.... You know, I guess they have never had true love and friendship knock on their hearts. Sam and I have only had one fight and that was in the begining and it was really understandable we were still so new in love and there was things about each other we did not know .. no not like that , it was more like how one of us would react about something said or done.....No worries though we got it all worked out and you know what that one fight made us soooo much stronger. We live each day as it comes and never forget to kiss, hug and say bye when we are going to be apart and when we get back together from being apart we always great each other with open arms.... and sometimes a couple hours feels like a life time apart. I know that every relationship has it's down falls and mishaps but Sam and I work really hard at our marriage, we learned through the years with other relationship the do's and don't and have put them in a positive way of thinking...
It was not good than so it wont be now.... You have to treat every moment like it is the last and enjoy every moment you have together laughing, loving and living. Yelling and disagreeing with each other will not make a happy home or a happy relationship. The girls and Sam have become so close it is hard to beleive he is not their real father. The girls still hope that some day they can carry his name and be adopted by him. They are finally learning that it is not something we can control it is something their real father has to allow and to this day he has yet to give us an answer. The girl's and Sam have a bond one so strong I can't even explain. When you see them together know matter what time of day or night... good times or bad they are strong as steal. They as well as us find it unfair. 3 years have gone by and their real father has not even tried to see them or want anything to do with them yet he wont let someone who wants them have the rights he should have. We feel we are a true family but we hope that someday we can be a family with the same last names.

Thank you for letting us share with you our journey in life together,
Tammi and Sam

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