Our Story
Okay I've had many requests for this story. It's a beautiful one…most say the ending is sad because he died but this is not true. Because we loved and loved so deeply that love stays with me daily. So I will never be without his love not even death can take away what God put together. I will walk on and may love again who knows but God what is in store for my life.
On February 4th, 1998 I was working for EVI Audio in Buchanan Michigan. It is a microphone and speaker manufacturing company. I took a call that morning from a sexy sounding man who was looking for two BK1 Microphones that had been stolen from a church the day before. They were in a rush for it. I checked the stock and we had none in stock. I put the client on hold and checked the BOM (Bill of Materials) I could see we had all the necessary materials to make these and why we were back ordered I wasn't sure. I called the plant manager to find out when these would be coming up to be produced and why they were running speakers that day that we had in stock. He basically told me to mind my own business. I then asked my client to continue to hold for me if he didn't mind and I ran down to the office of the production manager for all the production facilities and showed him that we were running speakers we didn't need and I needed the microphones ASAP. He called the plant manager and told him to stop the line re-tool and get my microphones out ASAP to my client. Peter was very impressed and asked again for my name and my direct extension. It was the beginning of a beautiful thing. He would call me daily and always start off the conversation with "So what's going on in the wonderful world of Mare". He would just melt me every time. This went on for months just checking stock and talking. After about 6 months he sent me a cd his of music that he had worked on with a group called Lori Lawton and Shyne. I was excited to get the cd and it was and is great music. On the back of the cd was a small black and white picture of 3 guys and very pretty lady. I blew the picture up and questioned him one day on which one he was. He asked "which one do you want me to be"? HHHHMMMM I wanted him so much to be the sexy, tall drink of water to the left of the lovely lady. YES!!!! He was!!!! He then requested a photo of me. Yeah...right that wasn't going to happen. He was just some sexy sounding musician in Nashville...and my grandmother warned me about musicians.
This went on for 26 months as he kept trying to talk me into coming to Nashville to meet him. We were learning about each other as we fertilized and watered our garden of love. I wasn't listening to God at the time so I didn't realize that God had put Peter in my direct path for a reason. Finally I knew my heart was his and he was true. He had stated “I’m in love with you…not for what you look like, but for who you are, for what is in your heart. I believe God is who brought us together as I had prayed for someone to have, hold and trust in, to be my partner in this life”. Later he would write something similar to that in my wedding song. By the way I did not send him a picture of me till 1 month before I moved to Nashville. Hearts and minds feel in love, not looks and physical relations.
I moved to Nashville TN April 26th, 2000 and we married May 20th, 2001 on a beautiful sunny Sunday morning at Shelby Park after 17 days of rain God blessed our marriage. He stopped the rain long enough for us to get married that day then that evening it began to rain just as we entered our wedding suite and rained the next few days. We had been living together and he had enough insight to sit me down and say, “to bless this marriage we must abstain and withhold our physical relationship for a period of 3 months prior to our wedding day. This will show God we are serious about Him being in our lives and the head of our household. As long as He is our center our marriage will remain strong and healthy”. You were so very right my love. In our entire time together we had only 7 real arguments and were only apart 35 days total. But how could I have ever known that beautiful day in May of 2001 that I would only have 2,783 more days with you.
I remember that horrible night January 2nd, 2009 and it will always be there on my mind like the Rheumatoid Arthritis I’ve been diagnosed with it’s a chronic pain. Never to touch you, see your face, feel your skin, your hand in mine, your silly jokes, the late night gig stories, watching you in praise and worship and the flirting that we always shared. Hearing you speak my name, praying together daily, you helping me to learn to play the drums. The way you could look at me from across a room and everyone else would just fade away, the inside jokes only we shared. Those quiet tender moments when nothing was said and we were just together. The way we would pray on the way to work to start off our day and before bed to protect our slumber. Oh so many things my love, oh so many things. I hurt so much for you. I would say God Bless you baby but I ask for His blessing on me instead. I know your physical self is gone from this world but your spiritual self is with Papa God so you do live on and one day I will see you again as we praise and worship together to our beautiful creator…God. He who was always part of this marriage and it is He who has kept me strong while I continue to live this life. I give thanks and praise to God for His selfless act of sending His son on my behalf so that I like you and so many others will have an everlasting life one day when this world has been shucked off.
On February 4th, 1998 I was working for EVI Audio in Buchanan Michigan. It is a microphone and speaker manufacturing company. I took a call that morning from a sexy sounding man who was looking for two BK1 Microphones that had been stolen from a church the day before. They were in a rush for it. I checked the stock and we had none in stock. I put the client on hold and checked the BOM (Bill of Materials) I could see we had all the necessary materials to make these and why we were back ordered I wasn't sure. I called the plant manager to find out when these would be coming up to be produced and why they were running speakers that day that we had in stock. He basically told me to mind my own business. I then asked my client to continue to hold for me if he didn't mind and I ran down to the office of the production manager for all the production facilities and showed him that we were running speakers we didn't need and I needed the microphones ASAP. He called the plant manager and told him to stop the line re-tool and get my microphones out ASAP to my client. Peter was very impressed and asked again for my name and my direct extension. It was the beginning of a beautiful thing. He would call me daily and always start off the conversation with "So what's going on in the wonderful world of Mare". He would just melt me every time. This went on for months just checking stock and talking. After about 6 months he sent me a cd his of music that he had worked on with a group called Lori Lawton and Shyne. I was excited to get the cd and it was and is great music. On the back of the cd was a small black and white picture of 3 guys and very pretty lady. I blew the picture up and questioned him one day on which one he was. He asked "which one do you want me to be"? HHHHMMMM I wanted him so much to be the sexy, tall drink of water to the left of the lovely lady. YES!!!! He was!!!! He then requested a photo of me. Yeah...right that wasn't going to happen. He was just some sexy sounding musician in Nashville...and my grandmother warned me about musicians.
This went on for 26 months as he kept trying to talk me into coming to Nashville to meet him. We were learning about each other as we fertilized and watered our garden of love. I wasn't listening to God at the time so I didn't realize that God had put Peter in my direct path for a reason. Finally I knew my heart was his and he was true. He had stated “I’m in love with you…not for what you look like, but for who you are, for what is in your heart. I believe God is who brought us together as I had prayed for someone to have, hold and trust in, to be my partner in this life”. Later he would write something similar to that in my wedding song. By the way I did not send him a picture of me till 1 month before I moved to Nashville. Hearts and minds feel in love, not looks and physical relations.
I moved to Nashville TN April 26th, 2000 and we married May 20th, 2001 on a beautiful sunny Sunday morning at Shelby Park after 17 days of rain God blessed our marriage. He stopped the rain long enough for us to get married that day then that evening it began to rain just as we entered our wedding suite and rained the next few days. We had been living together and he had enough insight to sit me down and say, “to bless this marriage we must abstain and withhold our physical relationship for a period of 3 months prior to our wedding day. This will show God we are serious about Him being in our lives and the head of our household. As long as He is our center our marriage will remain strong and healthy”. You were so very right my love. In our entire time together we had only 7 real arguments and were only apart 35 days total. But how could I have ever known that beautiful day in May of 2001 that I would only have 2,783 more days with you.
I remember that horrible night January 2nd, 2009 and it will always be there on my mind like the Rheumatoid Arthritis I’ve been diagnosed with it’s a chronic pain. Never to touch you, see your face, feel your skin, your hand in mine, your silly jokes, the late night gig stories, watching you in praise and worship and the flirting that we always shared. Hearing you speak my name, praying together daily, you helping me to learn to play the drums. The way you could look at me from across a room and everyone else would just fade away, the inside jokes only we shared. Those quiet tender moments when nothing was said and we were just together. The way we would pray on the way to work to start off our day and before bed to protect our slumber. Oh so many things my love, oh so many things. I hurt so much for you. I would say God Bless you baby but I ask for His blessing on me instead. I know your physical self is gone from this world but your spiritual self is with Papa God so you do live on and one day I will see you again as we praise and worship together to our beautiful creator…God. He who was always part of this marriage and it is He who has kept me strong while I continue to live this life. I give thanks and praise to God for His selfless act of sending His son on my behalf so that I like you and so many others will have an everlasting life one day when this world has been shucked off.