Brandon Joseph WagnerMy name is Brandon Joseph Wagner. I was born at Good Samaritan Hospital on October 3, 1989 at 12:28pm. I am a South Floridian at heart. I love everything about South Florida and this could not have been more apparent when Dee and I moved away for college at the University of Florida in Gainesville. “There’s no place like home.” As a kid, my life consisted of school and afterschool activities: football in the fall and baseball in the spring. But that is not the only thing we did growing up. Every fall we would go to Georgia and go hunting and during every hunting season we would go hunting out in Okeechobee what seemed to be every weekend. We had all kinds of fun doing these things. We would ride buggies and four-wheelers all over. Night rides on the buggies were one of my favorite things to do. I always remember the night rides being very cold, we’d get to shine for deer; as a kid it was awesome. As the seasons changed so did the things we did. During the summer we would go to the Big Pine Key for at least a week and lobster. We would usually go during mini season, which is the last, Wednesday and Thursday of the month of July. Needless to say, we had many things to do. When growing up with them you really take them for granted.
I have always been a very quite person and really kept to myself a lot. That all changed when I meet Dee. She has been by my side ever since. When Dee and I first started dating, I will never forget this; we were in Tennessee for a family reunion for her family. We were in a shopping plaza and her sister Andi wanted a purple Coach Purse. I remember Andi being very upset because she had just lost her wallet and would not be able to afford the purse. So what did my baby do, it really amazed me, she went in to the store without anyone knowing and bought Andi the Coach Purse for $300. At that time, I knew what little money Dee had. She was an average teenage kid who worked her butt off for what little money she had and it didn’t matter what price that purse was. I remember Dee giving the purse to Andi and it was such a selfless gift, out of pure love and that fact that she just wanted to make her sister happy. I remember being 16 years old and thinking about that gift that Dee made to her sister. It may seem extremely insignificant to everyone else, but man, it was just one of the things that really stood out to me and showed me what kind of person Dee really is. As you can see I really could go on and on about Dee and what kind of person I think she is. She is absolutely the most amazing person I know and that is why I am going to marry her next year. Probably one of my favorite times with Dee has been the time we had together in Gainesville. School was tough and really beat both of us up, but what we had was each other and nothing else really mattered. We did not have a lot of money, but that didn’t matter either we had each other and made it through everything. Another thing about Dee is I know I can be myself around here and she love me for who I am. She does not judge me for being myself and I have found in life that this does not come often and there are not many people like this. |
Dee Diane MohlMy real name is Danielle Diane Mohl, but everyone really knows me by some mixture of D’s and E’s. I was born on July 5th, 1988 at Hollywood Memorial Hospital in Hollywood, FL. I am the middle daughter to Randy and Michele Mohl. I was raised in the Acreage and my style consisted of big bangs and boots. Most of my time was spent outside chasing rabbits and catching bugs. I was never too girly, yellow was (and is) my favorite color, and weddings were never something I thought about for myself.
Growing up with four sisters was nothing short of an experience. I believed I was adopted, Sissy as my role model, a dog named Rocky, and self-proclaimed Munchkin as mine. All of us our own person, I have to thank them for helping me be the person I am today and accepting me for it (even with all my “pickiness”, Kris!). My life has basically consisted of two periods, my life with Brandon and my life without. My life without Brandon can be summed up by one word: soccer. All I ever did and dreamt of involved cleats and sweat. My goal before him was to be a soccer player my whole life (realistic I know). Then came the period of my life with Brandon. I met him when I was 16 and he has influenced me positively since. Naive was my middle name, but Stubborn was my first. If it weren’t for his patience, we probably wouldn’t be where we are at now. Brandon has helped me realize that it’s not the attention, but the acceptance that I desire. Nowadays, soccer is just a game, and I dream of lace and heels. To sum up my life with Brandon, my one word would be endless. Endless love, admiration, laughs, growth, time... Thankfully, Brandon is the complete opposite of myself: obedient and speaks when necessary (not incoherently). I don’t know how he handles someone as difficult as myself. He is (and has always been) patient: never compulsive and always methodical. I love hearing stories about “BW” when he was young, as they still completely apply to him now. A culmination of stories would make him Dadoo’s Kickboxing Champion of the World, Tyler’s Turtle Wrangler, TJ’s Little Brother, and his Fathers Beloved Son. He has always thrived to impress those he loves most and I’m quite positive has never let them down. As his title begins to change from boy to man, I am so grateful to be the woman by his side. If there is one memory I love most of us, it would have to be one of our many trips. Not the actual vacation but the drives to them. From down to The Keys, up to Washington D.C. and Nebraska, or our many drives to Gainesville. The time we got to spend alone to talk in depth (and sometimes argue) gave us more to love about the other. From a Quarter ring into a Promise, a Birthday ring into an Engagement; my life with him is consistent, and my love for him constant. In a year, my dream for the last seven will become a reality. |