We met in Feb of 1997 in a Chat room in IRC. After spending many nights chatting all night, Mark invited me to visit him in Atlanta and go to an oldies concert. I never had a second thought about going.
March of 1998, after numerous visits back and forth across the continent, Mark moved west, first to BC, then to Redmond, then to Ferndale.
Since 1998, Mark has attended and graduated from WWU, and we've spent every waking, non-working hour together. My children call him dad, we have enjoyed a wnderful life together... until we realized that he's american and i'm canadian. Living so close to the Canadian/USA border, being from different countries was never a problem. When he was offered a job in Kentucky, and he couldn't find work here, our life togther was torn apart. Mark moved in January of 2004.
Now, six months later, K1 visa is in the works, and I'm working on shutting our life down here and moving everyone to Kentucky. The house has sold, the job resignation is in.. the interview is on June 3rd.