"Love is in the Air. My Heart, My Story" Contest by Amarillo National Bank!

It’s so great of ANB to do this and be the HEART of Amarillo! Check out their Valentine's Contest at www.anb.com.

What a great family that's held ANB together all these 100 so years. They put a HUGE HEART in the center of downtown last year and took family pictures for people last Valentine's Day. This year, they are having a contest...so creative! Doubt I make it but it got me thinking...what's my Love Story… I guess you can say it was more of a Love Connection!

My mother divorced after 10 or so years of marriage to Jim (2 of those years they were separated) we moved to Amarillo my senior year. My cousin, Jeremy, introduced me to Jeff one night! I never had a steady boyfriend before and was so timid at first…we became friends that fell in love and after 4 years of dating, we became one! My Nanny would always joke w/ me because if we were ever in a room together we had to be touching….hands, feet or I’d be sitting in his lap…..it was just comfortable being around him.

What I loved most about our connection is we were both ready to be in love and it was forever with us. We both grew up without our Dads (his dad passed away from Cancer when he was 3) and we were both raised by our Mom’s …it’s because of our Mom’s…that we are both in love today. The pastor that married us was the same man that married his Mom & Dad…35 years ago. His name was Strauss and later married his brother. That’s a connection that is deep inside us.

Love to us is about family, working hard, laughing and having fun and it’s forever!
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! What's your love story?