We had a so many entries to read and go over.

Thank you all for sharing your love stories with us. It was very hard to pick just one, but this story, which even included a storyboard of images, and an amazing story of love.. well… Here, you read it for yourself.

Our Story….

LOVE & BASKETBALL…February 2010, I went to my best friend’s sisters high school basketball at Belleville East, I was sitting with friends and all the while didn’t know that someone was admiring me from across the court. A few weeks later, after picking my son up from school we stopped at McDonalds and I pulled up to check my order and a gentleman walked by, smiled at me and said hello. I said hi and ate some fries. I was about to pull off when he walked to the side of my car and said “Excuse me, can I ask you your name?” I said “Yes, Devon.” I said ” What’s yours?” He said ” Curtis” My son said hi from the backseat, he smiled a waved at him. We talked and I took his number, thought to myself, “he’s cute” and drove off. I never called but weeks later he contacted me on Facebook, I found out that he was my other best friend’s cousin. So I reply and called him that night. At the time I wasn’t looking to date or be in a relationship because I was so focused on my son and work but eventually we went on a date. We closed O’Charleys down and continued to talk on the phone. Months pasted and I didn’t want to like him as much I did, but theres was nothing I could do about it but I still ran. So after breaking it off with him in early April, I still decide to go to a play with him beacuse he had already purchased the tickets. The play was awesome, it touched on some things about life and made me realize that life is too short to not be with someone that you enjoy spending time with. That night I decided that he may be my forever, he had already decided so I was finally on board. So shortly after that I told him that I loved him, yeah I said it FIRST….As a single mother, I am very cautious about who I have around my son. I have a 5 year old son so I knew he was the one beacuse I was finally comfortable letting someone other than his dad interact with him; they took to one another instantly. He’s a teacher and football coach and he loves kids and it definitely locked me in…

The Proposal…

My birthday was Oct. 3rd and we went to breakfast, the mall for some shopping and we were headed to dinner. All along he had planned a Surpise Birthday party for me at House of Savoy in the Lumiere Hotel. So I get there and I’m so surprised that I cry, my parents, other family, friends, my best friend from Chicago flew in just to take pictures. I’m overwhelmed and excited to say the least….Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better a saxophonist comes in playing ” Ribbon in the Sky” I thought that my fiance’ was going to sing or something so I looked at him and then I saw him get up. He walks to get a box and sits it in front of me. He opens is and it says “Devon, Will You Marry Me?” with a ring made of cake. I say yes to the cake and starting crying. He says, “I didn’t ask you anything.” We all laugh, he then gets on one knee and proposing and of course I say YES to him. It was 5 months to day after I told him that I loved him that he proposed. He is my forever. He has my back, loves my son as his own, and is a true man. He is a great father to his children and we complete one another’s sentences. We work well together, we are a team and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with him building a life, adding to our family, and impacting our community in East St. Louis and surrounding areas. We share the same passions for youth, community service, and family….

So congratulations to Devon and Curtis
You have won our Contest…

when you have a moment please contact us at Lisa@LisaNikole.com and we can go over all the fun details.