It was the summer of 2001 when I was sixteen and had been working at my first job:  IMPERIAL PARK [which is a Senior Care Community].  I distinctly remember the day when my co-worker Martin received an important phone call which caused his entire face to suddenly flush white.  He had just heard the news that his younger cousin, Josue, had been involved in a serious car accident which totaled his car and ended him in the Hospital for over two weeks, and subsequently an additional couple months of recovery.  Because of this tragic event, Josue lost his scholarship-admission to Long Beach State, as well as his job at that time. He has scars to forever remind him, and can be sensitive about how his looks were even changed by it HOWEVER, this was the incident that turned around by fate... as, that Fall, Josue came to work at Imperial Park on his cousin's recommendation.  It was a new start, and for me [Daniella] it was an instant eye-lock situation!  We worked side-by-side weekly, started a strong friendship, and soon were on the phone literally nightly... giving each other advise & support.  From that eventually grew an evolving relationship of true and deep love...when the time was perfect for it [and we were two years older-!] --Josue moved on to the Claim Jumper Co., where he has trained and worked hard for months and years with a goal of management there;  meanwhile, I stayed at Imperial Park a total of five {!} years, and I believe it was also this place helped train and put me on the path to my chosen career:  HealthCare. Sometimes it's incredible for even us to comprehend how idyllically 'planned' our future union came to be...

Josue's cousin, Martin, is the one next to Josue

[who is the cutie in the upper righthand corner!]