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Arden-Arcade, CA, USA on the 16th of July, 2011, at 9:00am

By Kristopher M

This day, time and location is where I met my wife for the first time.

At the time I worked for a large nutraceuticals company and The Vitamin Shoppe was not only one of my favorite places to shop for my health and wellness products, but it was also one of my company’s largest customers.
I needed to pick up a few things before leaving for The Vitamin Shoppe PEC (Product Education Confrence), so I headed over to The Vitamin Shoppe across from the Arden Fair Mall. I parked in front of her store (five minutes before it opened).
I spent about an hour and a half in her store shopping and speaking with her and I had more butterflies in my stomach than I had ever felt before and I had no idea what to do with that feeling. After saying our goodbyes (knowing that we’d possibly be seeing each other in Florida), I got back into my car, and I called my company’s representative who managed her region and asked why he never told me about her; I immediately followed my question with the statement, “I am going to marry her.”

For the cut and dry, on September 5th of the same year we became husband and wife, and almost 7 and a half years later we have two daughters, a 3 and a half-year-old and a 5-month-old.

I am so in love with my wife and family, and I’m more than grateful for the opportunities, relationship, and people that put us both there that day.