DEIDRE & JUAN’YA
Credit : Belle Rouge Photography
Q. How did you and your spouse meet?
or I have even met for that matter.
A. We met at church.
Q. What was one of the hardest experiences that you and your spouse had to go through? How did it make the relationship stronger?
Q. What made you realize that this was the person you wanted to marry, and this was the one you wanted to be with for the rest of your life? A. DP- Well, for me, I wasn’t looking for anything. I was focused on myself and trying to love me again. He was a true friend first and I have never had anything this real in my life. So, knowing that he’s my friend and the way he wanted to see me grow and heal from such a hurtful place, I knew I needed him to be in my life. A. JG- I was used to dating a certain type of female. But when I met Deidre, she was different. She was everything I didn’t know I was looking for. We just immediately clicked. She was a country girl; I was a country boy. We connected on levels that I had never connected on with any female I had ever dated before…
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A. DP- Well, well, well. Although we met at church, that’s the place I got hurt the most. He holds a position there so to try and be his partner in a place where I don’t feel safe was and is still very hard. We dealt with the lack of support from his family, who goes to the church as well. With me being me, I always had love for them but when we started to date, the tables turn and so did people and that was just something I, still to this day, has always battled because it made me feel unwanted and unappreciated. I never had to go through this with anyone. I’m the one folks want their son to marry! LOL. But I guess why we’re still together is because he made it known that I’m not going anywhere, and he stood by me ten toes down. A. JG- On one note it was family and
on the other it was my spouse. For a great period of time, where I was fighting my family for my spouse, I had to fight my spouse to try and prove that I would fight for her like I said I would. And for a season where I thought it would draw us closer, more than anything it pulled us apart. During that season of not having my spouse with me and holding the position that I have, at times I questioned a lot of things and still kind of do. Q. Describe the love, the passion that you have for your spouse? A. DP- It’s child-like. Like I feel like a princess when I’m with him. Like if I don’t talk to him for a certain amount of time, I feel empty. The love I have for this man is so unusual because I haven’t given or thought I could love anyone this deep before. Regardless of all the hell that can go on in a relationship, the way he loves me makes me feel like royalty and how can I let that go un-noticed. I love him like chocolate and peanut butter because just like Reese’s, we are just meant for each other. (That’s our favorite candy by the way). I’m such a cornball!!! LOL
