Live. Love. Create.: Our Love Story

Before baby Emma comes I would like to share an entry about her dear daddy and our love story. :)
Sueng and I met in grade school (I was about 7 and he was about 10). We met through my older brother who was and still is his best friend today. When I was young I always considered him like an older brother figure, but we barely spoke to each other because we were both very very shy.

Now fast forwarding to college, Sueng and my brother ended up going to the same school. But after graduation, Sueng decided to join the marine corp with his younger brother. My brother was going to join with them as well, but his mind changed in the last minute. I remember while they were in boot camp I wrote a letter to Sueng wishing him well and hoping he returns safely. Til this day Sueng tells me that he was very moved by my letter and always had me in his thoughts while he was away.

He came back to NY for leave a few times, but it was during his last leave he expressed his true feelings to me. He confessed he had thought of me as a younger sister but also wanted a relationship more then that. Honestly, I thought about it a few times because I knew what a great guy he was but the thought always passed me by.

After he went back to Japan (his base), we continued to talk more and get to know each other on another level. During that time in my life I was battling depression and many issues with other guys. I was always honest about it with him though and he was very patient with me. He truly helped me conquer a lot of my battles and supported me through. As my feelings for him were growing stronger I also began to worry. I was worried that if something was to happen between us and it didn't work out, it would ruin the relationship between my brother and him. Also our families knew each other, so that would become awkward as well. Despite these circumstances, we both took the risk and we officially started dating on Dec. 2010.

We continued dating and experienced many ups and downs, but I think we both knew in our hearts that we would be spending the rest of our lives together. Then 5 months later he proposed to me on a surprise trip to Vegas and 6 months later in Nov. 2011, we got married! I wont lie and say we had an awesome marriage from the beginning. Just as people say, the first year is the roughest, and it was for us. But I am confident to say now we are past most of the rocky roads. However I always keep in mind that marriage is something we will both have to work together on for the rest of our lives. I love him so much and I really cannot imagine committing myself to anyone else.

It was 6 months into our marriage we found out we were pregnant! It was a surprise and really not planned. We were going to wait a year or two, but I guess little Emma wanted to make an earlier debut. :) We are both so so excited to meet her and are waiting patiently for her every day!