Cureton Company

Brandon and Marlana. Its funny even when I write I put him first. He is amazing, never ceases to amaze me. I remember meeting him, all those years ago, and thinking he had the prettiest smile that I had ever seen. And he was NOSY! lol he was always asking me questions and trying to see what I had playing on my CD player (oh yes, it was back in the time of CD players!) Thank GOD for Renisha, because between me not thinking a girl should make a move on a guy, and Brandon being so shy, we never would have gotten past talking in class. I remember her mom yelled at me to get off her phone after that first night of talking after i gave him her number to call me after that football game. We talked for hours, about everything and nothing, and I never ever once got bored or tired, and can you believe it, all these years later, I still never tire of hearing what he has to say to me. I went out with him for his birthday way back in 05, and on that night I think we both got sick of the back and forth and being friends or just a little more, because ever since then we have been joined at the hip. Harry Potter 3, you will always be my favorite Harry Potter movie :D His love has always scared me, because its pure, and honest, and of course, the most powerful thing I have EVER experienced. He asked me to marry him the same place he got the phone number that started our all night conversations, and of course, right there at zeaphel stadium, i acted like a giddy cheerleader once again and said yes before he had a chance to even finish the speech he had prepared for me. On September 1, 2007 I swore to the world what I had known since listening to Dru Hill CDs in Mr. Rau's pre algebra class... that I was his, and forever. Right around the corner, while winter was steadily turning to spring, fashionably late of course, came our daughter, miss Gabrielle Marley Cureton February 27th, 2008. My life changed exponentially that day. I was a mother. Brandon was a father, we were three. As i sat there in the chair that first night holding my daughter, I looked at my husband and CRIED. I mean, I really cried. I was the happiest I had ever been in my life, and its because he was there, as always, giving me everything I wanted. I felt complete. Fast forward to May 31st, 2009 one of the hardest days of my life. I sat in the car, darkest sunglasses on that I could find, because I didn't want him to see me cry. Once again, Brandon is making huge sacrifices for out little family. You see, this is the day we left him at the airport so that he could leave for boot camp. The hardest thing I've done, was also one of the most amazing things WE have done. Fast forward another four months and you find us in Virginia, and once again, I am holding back tears, but these are good tears, because the man I left at the airport is no longer just my husband or Gaby's daddy, but he is now an American Soldier. Next up, we move to Germany and find out we are going to be parents again, t another beautiful little girl. We are going to name her Dru Kekili Cureton, she is due at the end of July and although we didn't know it then, we know now that something was missing, and she filled that missing part already, and we can't wait to meet her!! Gaby is going to be the best big sister ever. She is so smart, so beautiful, and so loving. Brandon of course is going to continue being an amazing daddy. We are a little family that defies the odds everyday. This life we are living in the army is HARD. The separations are killer because we are so close, but luckily for me, we can handle everything that is thrown at us either hand in hand, letter by letter, or webcam by webcam, and I am so exponentially blessed because of what God has given to me!