My husband, Marc, and I will soon be celebrating our first wedding anniversary.
He did a search on Shining Star Singles for a Wesleyan woman from Michigan.
A month or so before, I had come across the site and was just casually interested
in what men are looking for, but to view them, I had to enter a profile,
which I did with as little information as possible. That was the extent of my
search. In December 1998, I received an email from Shining Star Singles
with a message from Marc. Being a naturally curious woman, I went to the site
and checked him out, and responded. After daily e-mails for approximately three
and a half weeks, I started thinking, "He's going to suggest meeting any time now."
A day or two later, his email said "I think we should start to think about
someplace to meet." We lived about an hour and a half apart and met as close to
the middle as we could. We had a very pleasant time; I was worried that I
talked too much and he was worried that he didn't talk enough. We went to our
respective homes and emailed each other, both of us thanking the other for a
wonderful time. That meeting led to our first date a week or so later which led
to many more.
A priority with us was the fact that we both have children from previous marriages,
he has four daughters and I have two sons and one daughter. After his girls met
me, he was given the "ok" to proceed. My sons were both high school graduates,
but my daughter was in the 8th grade, not a good time to suggest a possibility
of moving. However, she met the youngest two girls and they "hit it off."
One was my daughter's age (just 6 weeks apart) and the other was 17. One of
the girls remarked later that it was like they had met a long lost friend.
Marc's older two daughters had graduated, the oldest being married with two
little children.
We were both logging a lot of miles driving back and forth at least weekly.
Marc asked me to marry him in July 1999 with "our" three youngest children
present. We set the date for September 25, 1999. We, along with my daughter,
decided that she would move down before the wedding so she wouldn't have to
start school as a new student after the school year began.
Our seven children stood with us in our wedding. It's hard for both of us to
believe that its been nearly a year already. We believe God brought us together
through Shining Star Singles. In fact, our wedding song was "I believe God Put
Us Together." It's a beautiful song, with a slightly western twang, and we had
to remind the kids not to stand up there swaying back and forth. :-)
The happiness Marc has brought me is unbelievable and we've continued to grow
together and our love has deepened over the year. Our first marriages were
sadly lacking intimacy and commitment and we revel in what we have together.
Thank you Shining Star Singles for the wonderful changes that have been made
in our lives. God has blessed our lives and the lives of our family.
Ours is truly a match made in heaven.
Sincerely,
Marc and Cynthia Lowe (alias MarcLowe and Cindi123)
