Some mutual friends thought Thuy Tran and Peter Nguyen were a perfect match — but Thuy wasn’t quite ready to accept that. “I found him too timid,” she recalls. They remained “just friends” for nearly 10 years; they’d see each other occasionally because of their shared friends. “It wasn’t until March of 2014 that he…
Kimberley Rushton and David Wilson caught a first glance at each other at a mutual friends’ home during their high school years. David was best friends with the brother of Kimberley’s best friend. But it actually took six years for them to reconnect and realize there was a special spark between them. They spotted each…
Michael Ibos and Brandy Jarvis’ love story began like many others — on a college campus. They both were pursing business administration degrees and involved as student leaders at the University of Southern Mississippi. “We started out as friends and over time our love for each other grew to the point where we couldn’t imagine life…
Katelyn Irene Watts and Bailey Rollins Braswell have known each other most of their lives. “We were friends in middle school and had many mutual friends,” Katelyn shares. “We remained friends and started dating our junior year of high school. We did not go to school together until college, but were always together because of…
Korian and Jasmine met in eighth grade at Biloxi Junior High but their love story didn’t begin until years later. They reconnected via Facebook after graduating from college. Their first date was a dinner and movie. To Korian’s surprise, Jasmine was a comic book fan and was excited about seeing “Thor 2.” Before proposing, Korian…
When Paresh Pande and Bhakti Patil were married on July 30, 2016, in Biloxi, it was a magical day filled with precious moments that honored love, family and tradition.“In Indian weddings, the bride and groom don’t see each other in the first 15 minutes of the wedding,” Bhakti says. “We’re separated by a curtain held…
Moshe Hawthorne and Michele Viverette met during their freshman year of college in 2003. Moshe, known as Jabbar to most people, had heard several of his friends talking about Michele and couldn’t wait to meet her.“Although we didn’t share one class together, we quickly became acquainted with each other at school and hung out often…
The romance between Kayleigh Seymour and her future husband, Jacob Anderson, started the way many relationships do — a meeting at church. Kayleigh began attending Michael Memorial Baptist after her freshman year in high school and joined the youth choir.The choir director thought Kayleigh and Jacob could make beautiful music together so she requested that…
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