How we got where we are today......

After posting my first blog entry, I began to realize that anyone reading my blog may be interested in hearing about how Kevin and I got to where we are today.  So here goes.......

A little background on me.....

I went with the Bennett Blazers to watch the 1996 Paralympics

I was born with Cerebral Palsy and I grew up in the years before Americans with Disabilities Act. Back then public buildings were not required to be accessible and public school principals had the option to not accept children with disabilities into their schools.  As a result I was bounced around quite a bit during my elementary school years, and was not able to attend school in my own neighborhood. This experience taught me early on that achieving what I wanted in life was going to be anything but easy.  However, that thought did very little to slow me down.  Thanks to my parents who  battled the school system I was able to successfully attend regular public schools and graduate with the long awaited high school diploma. I performed in choir, was very active in my girl scout troop, and played a wide variety of wheelchair sports as a part of Baltimore's Bennett Blazers.

1989 Father Daughter camping trip with the Girl Scouts

Although I was able to do anything others girls my age did, dating for me was always a challenge. Did not really date much in high school.  I did have a steady boyfriend for about a year while in college.....Spent a lot of time and money on e-harmony, but never got to date any one I met on there.Went on a date with one guy I met on match.com... After that experience I had pretty much decided online dating was not for me and I  decided that I was done spending money to try and find my "Mister Right".

A little background on us.......

This is a picture from out first travel trip

I met Kevin in 2006, we had both signed up to travel to Nashville Tennessee with The League for People with Disabilities.  They offer travel opportunities for adults with disabilities, they make all the arrangements and  provide staff to accompany us on the trip and assist us as needed.

After the trip to Tennessee Kevin and I became friends and continued to stay in touch and went on a few more vacations together, through The League program.  Over time we began to talk more and do things together. Eventually I realized that I was attracted to Kevin and I was interested in getting to know him better. However, in the beginning I resisted the idea since we live 45 minutes a part and neither of us drive. I soon found out that Kevin felt the same way about me, except unlike me he was not afraid of the physical distance between us.  He was convinced we could make it work, "one way or another."