how we became.

i guess it may be important to introduce ourselves and how we became a couple. we met over the summer after quite some time of trial and error. his sister, courtney, is one of my best friends and i did not want that relationship interfering with another. we met each other a couple times and eventually found ourselves (cory, courtney and i) having dinner together after a very long day. i saw the love he had for his family and the quiet but confident demeanor and i started to find myself becoming more and more curious about him. he had been sweet on me since the beginning of 2011 and it took me almost the entire year to give him a chance. we started speaking in late july and as i left for new york in early august, i spoke with him every day until i returned. he picked me up from the airport on august 19th, since then we have spent no more than three nights without each other. it was sudden and many people were shocked at the time it took us to fall in love but when it comes to something like that there is no time limitation, if you know in your heart that this is a person who you want to spend your time with - why ask questions?


the great thing about the relationship is his friends and my friends are intertwined already and the fact that we came together was exciting for everyone. our personalities are very different. he is calm, more of a homebody and incredibly protective. i am loud and love to be a social butterfly whenever possible. i think we have both realized that in order to create something that is going to work and stay successful, you have to compromise. we both live in two completely different cities, i live downtown and he lives in federal way. we have managed to delegate time between both homes and most importantly learn from each other and build a relationship on trust and communication. we have great supportive friends that we love to share our time with but my favorite time of the day is coming home from a long day at work and sitting next to him on the couch. we may not have a lavish, wild, exciting relationship but we do have each other and a bond that has been tested after we found out about his condition.


i should also mention that without raychael rigney, cory and i would have never met. ray and i met at nordstrom and she introduced me to courtney, cory's little sister. i still remember the first time we all hung out as a group. courtney said, "cory would be going crazy right now. cory would be all over tessa". the rest is history and i am so thankful for him. he makes me a better person every day. i love him and will continue to be the support, along with the rest of his loving family, to get him through this next hurdle.