Prom night.

Prom night seems like it came right out of a Cinderella story…kind of.  I had asked one of my friends, Caleb, from out of town to go to prom with me so I wouldn’t have to go by myself. The day started out like most Saturdays do, with me not wanting to get out of bed. But once I realized it was prom day I jumped right up. Yeah, I was excited but the guy who I’ve liked since sixth grade and who I’ve been I guess you could say “talking to” for a couple of days now was going to be there. After lunch, Mom started to help me get ready. This girl LOVES great deals and what’s a better deal than not spending a bunch of money on prom hair and letting your mom fix it since she’s been fixing your hair for all of your figure skating and twirling years. Then it came time for the dress which I was very excited about since, again, I love great deals. I bought the dress on sale at a department store, then mom made some alterations. She made the skirt under the frilly part longer by adding some lace and she added some straps. I mean, we have all heard the prom horror stories about the guy trying to get in the girl's dress so no way was I going to wear a strapless dress. After I was ready we headed to my Grandmollie’s house to take pictures. This was... I guess you could say... funny because later I found out that Raylyn went to his grandmother’s house to take pictures too but that’s not all... some of our pictures actually turn out pretty much the same.Then we headed to the place Caleb and his family stayed at for the weekend since he was from out of town. So now that I’m with my date we headed on our way to go meet up with Raylyn and his group at Outback. Yeah out of all places they picked Outback. I was somewhat worried about how dinner would go since I did not really know any of the people we were eating with other than Raylyn and Caleb. I was trying my best to not make Caleb feel out of place but I’m afraid it became too obvious that I was “with” Raylyn. Finally our awkward dinner was over and we all headed our own ways to prom at the Holiday Inn (yeah our school was cheap). We hadn’t been there long when I decided that since my date didn’t want to dance and I was too shy to try to dance we went to my house. But then Caleb fell asleep so I sent him on his way. Raylyn called and asked if he could come over since he didn’t want to go home. So me, being the chicken I am, asked mom if I could have some friends over. Once Raylyn got there mom teased me about not being brave enough to just ask if Raylyn could come over. We sat outside by the fire place and talked for a long time but that all ended when his mom called and said it was passed time he came home. We went in the house to let mom know he was leaving. Then we went outside so I could tell him bye and then he KISSED me! Oh my goodness the guy I’ve liked since sixth grade KISSED me!!!! I was so excited I didn’t know what to do.  But then to ruin a perfect moment his mother called again and he had to leave.

How did it all start?

In sixth grade I moved to a new school and didn’t know anyone. Being a shy soft spoken person, I was afraid I’d never make a friend but I soon had my first friend, Ashley, and she convinced me to go to the upcoming “back to school dance”. I know, pretty ironic, but that is where I first met Raylyn. So they started playing a “slow song” and Ashley decided I had to dance with someone. I will never forget her forcing Raylyn to come dance with me, the shy new girl. It wasn’t until our sophomore year of high school that I really talked to Raylyn again, but I will admit that ever since Ashley made me dance with him I started to have a crush on him. Raylyn had decided that he liked my best friend Victoria so I began to see a lot more of him but this phase soon passed. After seeing more of him that little crush I had sparked up again. Junior year we FINALLY had a class together and I liked him even more at this point but ever so sadly he had a girlfriend who he was always with and he started going into this “bad boy” phase (at least that’s what he calls it) so I thought there was no hope and I started to give up. Then one day during our one class together we got put into groups, it was me, my best friend Victoria, Raylyn and his best friend Sam in a group. Me and Victoria ended up doing most of the work (of course) but joking around with him made me have hope that maybe one day he would like me. That night when I got home I was on Facebook and noticed he was online so I sent him a message that said “you’re crazy.” Yeah, I know, what was I thinking? I was trying to make him like me ,not run him off, but that’s all I could think of. It was around prom time and I was looking for a group to go with so I got brave and directed our conversation towards prom. I asked if I could go with his group and he said yes then what he said next made me completely fall head over heels…he said “text me”. Yeah I know I’m lame….but what can I say I’ve liked this boy since the sixth grade. If you think I was all giddy over him just telling me to text him just wait until you find out what happens next…

Just a little about me

Where to begin…you already know my name is Stacie so…. Well I was born and raised in a small town in Alabama. It has always been just me, my mom and our cats (all of which were rescue animals). I think because it was always just me and mom I was able to do a lot more things that I wanted to like twirling baton with the Dixie Darlings or being a competitive figure skater for what seems like forever to what has now become a major part of my life, learning to play the flute. My grandmother (who I call Grandmollie, no her name is not Mollie that’s just what I wanted to call her …… I guess) also played a major role in my life along with her dear friend Dean who was my father figure. Grandmollie made it possible for me to do a lot of the things I wanted to do over the years and I don’t know what I would do without her. It was sometime during the beginning of the second semester of my freshman year of high school that I got a phone call late one night from my half-sister, Jessica, telling me that our father had been killed in a tragic car crash. It was then that I realized I would never get the chance to really get to know my real dad, but then I remembered that God has a plan for everyone and maybe me having a real relationship with my father wasn’t supposed to be.  A couple years after that I got the worst news I had ever gotten in my life so far, my Daddy Dean had lost his battle with cancer. I will never forget that day in September of 2010 that my mom came and got me from school and I tried my very best to act like I was okay when inside I was falling to pieces, but once again I had to have faith in God and know that my Daddy Dean would always be watching over me. The next big thing that would happen in my life was very exciting. December 22, 2011 I married my prince charming, but we will get to that later. Once I graduated high school I wanted nothing else but to be a UAB Blazer. So that brings us to where I am today, a very proud UAB student studying Music Education and Political Science living in my own house with the man of my dreams.

Lets get started!

Hey, I'm Stacie I decided to start writing a blog since I've been told by many friends and family members that I should write a book about the past couple of years of my life, but I'm not much of a writer .... so I figured I would go this route. Why is my life so interesting people think it should be a book you ask? Well I am 19 and I have been happily married for a year and a half now. Why is this such a major accomplishment you say? The road to getting married was not easy since I had a mother-in-law who was willing to do ANYTHING to stop our marriage from happening, everything my husband, Raylyn, and I went through would play out much like a lifetime movie. Even though Raylyn's family was not very supportive we had my family and our friends to help get us past this very difficult time. I don't want to give to much away since this is only the beginning of my story but I will leave you with the knowing of if I had the chance to go back and do any of what I have been threw again I wouldn't change a thing. I believe that God puts you in people lives for a reason and he has a plan for your life you just have to have faith that everything will work out the way he has planned.