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Chemistry

In the summer of 1995, Brent and I met and hit it off while taking summer classes at a local community college. My mother-in-law says, “They met in chemistry, which it turned out to be!”

We had a lot of the same friends back at college. In fact, months earlier one friend had tried to set us up with each other, but we both had declined.

In the fall of 2001, my grandmother passed away. My mother asked if I would like to keep a particular picture that had been her mother’s. When we looked at it, my husband said, “I cannot believe this!” The picture had been at my grandmother’s house for years. It was of a white bench at Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, Tenn. This was the exact spot where my husband proposed to me.
We still believe to this day that a higher power was guiding us to each other. With almost 10 years of marriage, one little girl and a little boy on the way, we know that it was nothing short of destiny.

Mandy Styles, Pikeville, Tri-County EMC

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