It's still so hard to believe that Rhonda & I have been together for 20 years, let alone married for 5 of those years. For almost all of our relationship, I think we both believed we would never have the opportunity to be married. I can still remember how excited I was when she asked me and how incredibly afraid I was to tell our families for fear of rejection. We knew it would be hard on a lot of people, mostly our parents and siblings, but in our heart we just knew this was the right decision for us. Yes, it did cause some heartache but I wouldn't change our decision for anything. We've lost some people in our life along the way, but those who matter most are still a part of our life and love.
On the morning of June 26, 2015, I woke up to a sea of Facebook messages congratulating us on our anniversary and also a sea of posts spreading the word that the US had legalized gay marriage....ON OUR ANNIVERSARY!!! I was super excited for all of our US friends who have been denied the right to marry the person they love. We had to leave Texas in 2011 because the US did not recognize our relationship and would not allow me to stay with my wife, who had a visa to work there. She could stay but I could not.
Since this announcement, Facebook has been super crazy with all of the posts. While almost all of them have been positive in my news feed, there are a lot of negatives as well. But, I believe that love is love, I believe we should all have the opportunity to marry the person we love and therefore, I will not comment or engage in the negativity out there. If any of my Facebook family or friends are willing to share all of the negativity, I will simple delete them because I don't want a part of it. I don't want my family to be a part of it. And I really don't want my daughter to learn anything negative about love, marriage and equality.
Congratulation US!! You have made an amazing decision and a very important movement in history!!
We would like to congratulate our parents on their Anniversaries and thank them for showing us love. You are all an inspiration to us and we are more than proud to have you as parents and have you as grandparents to our daughter. Wishing you a lifetime of happiness together because if anyone deserves it, you do!!
"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."
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