克里斯汀的故事

2009届刑事司法专业毕业生

我们在乔治王子县的格温公园高中认识的。 我们都打篮球。 直到他转到理工大学打篮球，一切才发生了变化。

我们经常在一起。 When we would come home on breaks, we would spend a lot of time together. The summer of 2006 my mom and a couple of our friends were like, "You guys like each other." But it was not until we came back to school for that fall semester I said, "Hey, people think that we like each other." 他说：“废话。”

我觉得从那以后我们每天都在一起。 We had been dating for a while before we were engaged. One day, we went to one of our favorite restaurants—Stoney River in Annapolis. There was an older couple with a younger couple having dinner, and you could tell they had made some type of announcement. I said to Darrick, "I’m pretty sure they told them they’re having a baby or engaged or something.” Less than 20 minutes later, the waitress is holding his phone and he’s getting down on one knee. And now everybody’s clapping for us.

婚礼于2014年6月27日星期五晚上在海湾的赫灵顿举行。 We had a 300-person get-together. 我们整晚都在跳舞和聚会。 我们是真正的马里兰人。 The recovery day everybody ate bushels and bushels of crabs before we caught a plane to go to Hawaii. 我们玩得非常非常开心。

从那以后，事情发展得很快。 我们的房子是在2015年建成的。 And then our first son, little Darrick, was born November 2015. 2018年7月，我们又生了一个儿子——克鲁兹。 And we are full-on sports parents. 我们在事业上取得了很大的进步。 I started out in the mental health field, and now I am a psychotherapist.

我们的长寿是因为我们首先是最好的朋友。 我们还是最好的朋友。 Growing with somebody that has the same understanding and foundation is what kept us together, it sounds crazy to say, almost 20 years later.

德里克·的故事

2008届|体育管理班

I was a senior in high school, and she was in the ninth grade, and both of us were playing sports. When I transferred to 稳定的十大彩票网站, I came from a junior college before the basketball season. I was initially ineligible to play, and that’s when our time together picked up a lot because I was a normal student at that point.

Our birthdays are around the holidays, so when we went home for Christmas break and spent a lot of time together, we decided to make it official.

We spent a lot of time in the student union, getting salads and smoothies at After Hours and PAWS a lot. I remember I came to her apartment and was like, "I think I’m done with basketball." 从那时起，我们每时每刻都在一起。

我的一个朋友很早就结婚了。 And then one time, he asked, "So when are you going to get married?" 我说：“你知道吗？ 这是一个有效的问题。” I started ring shopping. 然后有一天，我问她想不想出去吃晚饭。 I was super nervous. 我没吃东西。 It seemed like a normal Friday to her, but I had it all planned out.

婚礼很愉快。 It was a Friday night wedding, so a lot of people had just gotten off work. 这是从欢乐时光开始的。 我们有一个免费的酒吧。 It was right on the water, so it wasn’t too hot outside. 我们所有的朋友和家人都来了。 说实话，那是个盛大的派对，我们只是碰巧在那里结婚了。

太棒了。 我们用我们的稳定的十大彩票网站学位进入我们的职业生涯，并把它们付诸实践。 我是当地一所社区大学的体育主管助理。 We started a family, and now we’re into sports every weekend—basketball, baseball, football. It’s been good, just growing and watching our kids grow.

克里斯汀和德里克与他们的孩子小德里克（上图）和克鲁兹。 (Photos courtesy 克里斯汀和德里克·塞斯克)