Alexia Wilborn: [00:00:00] We’re like at the table and, and I realized that we’re like, touching cheeks because in my head I’m, and I wasn’t thinking anything other than like, oh my gosh, like this dude is so, so, which is so not like me at all. Like normally I wouldn’t touch or be close to any guy ’cause I don’t want my potential future husband to think I’m off limits.

But here we are, like still like my favorite thing to do.

Dawn Pruszkowski: Love stories fill us with

joy and inspire hope for the future. And a true life romance can remind us that sometimes just one spark is all it takes to change everything.

She was dancing and before she knew it, he was dancing beside her. And what started out as friends, just having fun. Suddenly became a love story they never saw coming. Welcome to Unexpected Love Stories. I’m [00:01:00] your host Dom Perkowski, and today I’m so honored to have Troy and Alexia Wilburn, they’re gonna share their unexpected love story with us, and it’s such a delight.

Troy was born and raised in Las Vegas and at 20 years old, he began his career as a production technician. Doing broadcasts for Oscars, the Olympics, and F1 and even more. And recently he began working with our local government so that he could be home with his family. Alexia grew up in Las Vegas. She worked as a model, an actress, and a content creator before stepping into what is her greatest calling.

With Troy, they are building a home, a family, and really impacting their community. You may have seen her online shop. It’s called Alexia’s Cottage. Let’s get into this. Hello. How you guys doing? Hi. Hi. How’s it going? It’s going well. Alright. I can’t wait to hear your story. I know it’s a beautiful one that we need to [00:02:00] share with everybody.

Okay, so let’s go back to what life was like before you guys met. What were you doing? Were you dating? Were you looking for love or were you like, I’m just gonna enjoy life? Hmm.

Alexia Wilborn: Do you want me to start? Yeah, you can start. Okay. Uh, so for me, I had just ended, um, a boyfriend girlfriend relationship in 2019.

And so 2020, which we met later that year, but the beginning of 2020, I went into a season of intentional singleness, which was like, even if I was gonna think a boy was cute, I wasn’t going to consider them at all. I just wanted to focus on my relationship with God and, um. Yeah, I just wanted to grow my relationship with God and make sure that anything I was doing was gonna be glorifying him.

’cause even though, like my ex was Christian, it just, um, it was not a good relationship at all and I just wanted to find my husband eventually. So I wanted to make sure that [00:03:00] I would know what to look for, what God, um, what God’s design was for a husband. Um, so literally I, um. I had a YouTube channel at the time and I had seen in one of my vlogs where I was telling everyone that I was going into this season of intentional singleness.

It was like two weeks before I met him. So, so I just thought that was kind of funny.

Troy Wilborn: And for me, I was just starting my career and um, I was. 20, turning 21, and I was doing a little backsliding with my Christian faith, and so I was really into like going to the party phase, trying to like enjoy what the world has and, um, ended up, you know, doing things I’m not super proud of.

But it’s all, you know, a journey on, you know, where I am today and what we’ve [00:04:00] come from and

Alexia Wilborn: mm-hmm.

Troy Wilborn: You know. Really shows how strong, you know God is and what he can do in a relationship and personally and together.

Dawn Pruszkowski: Mm-hmm. Okay. So what were you doing that, uh, led you to meet each other for the first time?

Alexia Wilborn: Dancing.

Troy Wilborn: Yeah.

Alexia Wilborn: Country line dance. Um, so we met during 2020, the pandemic.

Troy Wilborn: Yeah. So back in 2019 I was wanting, I was just about to turn 21. I was like, okay, you can go to this country bar. I can learn how to line dance, I can do all this. And as soon as that happened, COVID-19 hit and everything shut down there was nowhere we you can go.

Um, so we ended up meeting in a parking lot of all things, doing blind dancing in a parking lot.

Dawn Pruszkowski: Mm-hmm. That’s so romantic. So what were, where was the parking lot?

Alexia Wilborn: [00:05:00] So this was at Sunset Park in Vegas. Okay. It was a huge parking lot. It was a big event. It was actually really cool. It kind of reminded me of like Footloose, so everyone’s like has their tailgates in a circle and then we have the dance floor.

Floodlights. Yeah. Flood. That’s what those are called. Floodlights. Dj, like the whole shebang. It was actually really cool.

Dawn Pruszkowski: That’s a great way to get around the 2020 lockdown, huh?

Alexia Wilborn: Mm-hmm.

Dawn Pruszkowski: Yeah.

Alexia Wilborn: Yeah, it was fun.

Dawn Pruszkowski: Okay, so, so how did you guys, so you met line dancing.

Alexia Wilborn: Mm-hmm.

Dawn Pruszkowski: How did you guys become friends?

Troy Wilborn: Was like walking around and they were together, and so I just like saw her pass by and I asked our like, mutual friend.

I was like, I was like, who, who’s that girl? And, and she’s like, oh, that’s Alexia, she’s Christian. Her standards are too high. Don’t even try.

Alexia Wilborn: On that same night, so it was Halloween, so he was actually dressed as Shaggy from Scoopy Doo. And he had like the, he had that long hair. I had the long hair and everything.[00:06:00]

Troy Wilborn: The beard? Yeah, like his

Alexia Wilborn: actual hair. Like I just saw him on the dance, but like during a line dance that I didn’t know. So I was sitting out, it was like a, like a spotlight, figuratively. But like, you know, like God, like totally like highlighted him to me. I asked a different friend of ours who, like, we have a mutual friend too, but um, so I asked her like, oh, who is that guy?

And are you okay? Yeah, just say it. Okay. So I don’t know why she said this, but she said, oh, that’s Troy, he’s gay. So I don’t know if she actually thought that or what, but I was like, dang, really? Like, so I just took her word for it. Of course, I didn’t even question it. So later when we met and we talked and introduced each other, I, you know, I was like, oh yeah, nice to meet you.

Like now another friendly face I can say hi to, but I thought nothing of it. Like, so right off the bat, our friends almost completely ruined our marriage, our life [00:07:00]

Dawn Pruszkowski: so bad.

Alexia Wilborn: But yeah. So how did,

Dawn Pruszkowski: so how did you guys like carry on

Alexia Wilborn: after that? So that night we were like in a group photo with everybody and one of my friends, um, posted it and tagged everybody.

So he followed me on Instagram and I was like, oh, like I know who that is, still not really thinking anything of it. And then he actually dmd me and was like, Hey, like if you want, like I can teach you like these new dances. And I, and I actually did respond. I was like, oh, sure. Like that sounds great. And then he didn’t respond after that.

Troy Wilborn: I don’t know why. It was cool. Yeah. I was like, I don’t know why, but I think, I think it was just like, it caught me off guard that it was like, oh, this cute girl want, you know, wants me to like teach her and like, you know, hang out. And I was like one-on-one. I was like, whoa. It kind of threw me off. So I was like, okay, I’ll respond later and I just [00:08:00] forget to respond.

Yeah. Yeah. So

Alexia Wilborn: after that on, we went on for like. A year of like, we’d say hi, when we saw each other out dancing, which we did this three to five nights a week, um, at the same places. So at Gilly’s, at s Stoney’s. And the parking lot was still going on through 2021. Um, so like we’d say hi, and that was it.

Like we didn’t talk much outside of that, but for a whole year after that. Okay.

Dawn Pruszkowski: So you guys are just seeing each other dancing occasionally with each other. Dropping dms here and there.

Alexia Wilborn: And so, um, yeah, there was no like, literally like not even DMS after that. He never was.

Troy Wilborn: And the funny thing is, is that like, I swear every video of like either one of us we’re next to each other on the dance floor without us even knowing like, you know, sometimes that each one is there.

It’s like you could see, look back at like so many of our videos and it’s just like. We’re right next to each [00:09:00] other. It’s like how? Yeah, like

Alexia Wilborn: all of 2020 during the line dances, which is not a partner dance. You just do it by yourself. And we were socially distanced. But yeah, and like every video that that community group put out of the dancers we’re always like right next to each other.

Dawn Pruszkowski: It’s like your paths just kept crossing and they kept crossing. Yeah. I was

Alexia Wilborn: like, God was like, hello, hello. He’s like, how many? He’s like, do

Troy Wilborn: I have to make you guys bump into me? We’re probably going out

Alexia Wilborn: praying like, God, show me my husband. He’s like, I am. So that was super cute.

Dawn Pruszkowski: So how did things start to change?

I mean, how’d you finally start noticing that? He’s right there next to you.

Troy Wilborn: I was in, I was in like, kind of starting a relationship with an ex, and

Alexia Wilborn: yeah, so he started talking to a girl. So we see each other every, like, almost every night of the week, right? Mm-hmm. So we, even though we are not talking, we know so much about each other, you know, about all the regulars, right?

So I, we see everything. [00:10:00] So I see him like, obviously flirty or like, you know, being romantic almost with a girl. We had not spoken to each other other than saying hi. I didn’t even think I went up to him and I said, are you not gay? And he was like,

Troy Wilborn: I was like, what? What? Are you serious? I was like, he said,

Alexia Wilborn: no, I’m just really friendly.

Like he didn’t understand why I was asking that for the last year. I thought he was gay.

Troy Wilborn: Yeah. It was funny that I told her, I was like, oh no, I’m kind of like with this person, you know? And yeah, I kind of, I think it kind of was, you know, that kind of switch where she was like, oh, he’s not gay. And I was like, wait, she pays attention to, to me, I’m like, all right, you know, maybe, well that was kind of weird, but you know, whatever.

Alexia Wilborn: So at that point I was like, man, like. I keep like feeling this attraction to you. And mind you, like my friend that told him not to even [00:11:00] try with me, she wasn’t very wrong. Like with all other guys, I, I’d get to know them for like two seconds and be like, no, he’s not the one. And like, move on. Zero interest.

So I was like, why do I keep feeling this? There’s supposed to be something that I’m obviously reading this so wrong, he’s clearly not into me. Um, so yeah. So then the, the next year, 2022. I felt very, a very specific word from God, so I did feel like he was calling me out of my season of intentional singleness, but it wasn’t that I was going to meet someone right away.

I knew he was like, you need to let your guard down and like be more open and like get to like, get to know what you want or like what you have to offer a marriage and what you actually need. ’cause I think before I was looking for like, on paper, like specific things, right? And then [00:12:00] other guys would meet those things.

But I had zero interest and I was like, there’s no way. So, um, I, so then I went into my like talking phase, like it’s like dating, but I wouldn’t go like out on days with anyone. I just wanted to talk to like all these guys and see like. What they think about certain things and what everyone does for work and like try to figure out what I should be looking for.

You know? I’m like, okay, well God, like, like I wanna know who it’s, I felt like it was suppo, it was gonna be someone I knew. And I was like, there’s no way. I have no interest in any of my friends. Right? And so I kept trying to meet all these new guys and thinking like, oh, well maybe like I’ll get to know them and then they won’t be new anymore.

And that wasn’t the case. Like it literally was someone I met. Three years before, so.

Dawn Pruszkowski: So you knew Alexia that God was saying, I’m bringing him to you. So you were I’m, yeah. I’m bringing him to you. So you’re

Alexia Wilborn: like, you wait, did I wait? No, I kept trying to talk to you guys.

Yeah. But yeah, 100%. And it was like, it was like, I was [00:13:00] told it was someone I already knew and I didn’t believe it, but it was true.

God was like, he’s in your life. Mm-hmm. I had no idea at the time. Because I already like dis, I was like, he doesn’t like me at this point. I dismissed him completely. I was like, he doesn’t have interest in me. If he did, like, something would’ve happened already. It’s been three years

Troy Wilborn: and, and the problem that I have was with my job, I was traveling for work like.

Like twice or three times a month I was traveling, so I was in a different state, you know, all the time. And then when I come back, it’s like you have to kind of catch up with people and you’re like, especially in that environment mm-hmm. You’re trying to talk to like 20 to 30 people that are your friends and mm-hmm.

Alexia Wilborn: Like,

Troy Wilborn: see what, you know, what changed over the time. So she put us into. A group chat, like with a whole bunch of people. Mm-hmm. Like, there’s like a group chat of probably like 10 to, I feel like 10 people.

Alexia Wilborn: Yeah.

Troy Wilborn: For like, like a couple guys

Alexia Wilborn: and girls

Troy Wilborn: for like, um, like a fall, fall events and doing, you know.

[00:14:00] Yeah.

Alexia Wilborn: Like I just wanted, um, me and my best friend Lauren, we just wanted to have like a group of people to go do all the fun fall things with. Mm-hmm. So we just like put a couple of people in the group that we knew from dancing and we’d be like, Hey, we’re going to like. The, uh, pumpkin patch on this day.

We’re going to Gil crease on this day. Like anyone who wants to come, come bring whoever you want.

Troy Wilborn: Mm-hmm. And it was, and it was like a time where I was back in town, I was like, shoot, I’m free. Like, you know, I’m, I am ready to go. And then, you know,

Alexia Wilborn: I ended up, and that day, that day almost didn’t even happen.

Yeah. It didn’t

Troy Wilborn: even happen. I, I literally got there at, you know,

Alexia Wilborn: the time

Troy Wilborn: we said, the time we said. Nobody was ready. I literally sat in the parking lot for two hours and I was like, somebody’s gonna show up. You know? I’m, you know, I have nothing else to do. We thought it was canceled

Alexia Wilborn: because everybody like slept in, like even my best friend that I would only go if she was going, like, she wasn’t responding.

So I was like, I don’t know. I guess it’s too early and nobody’s going.

Dawn Pruszkowski: Troy, you’re already at the parking lot.

Alexia Wilborn: Yeah. Leaving

Dawn Pruszkowski: for two hours, right? Yeah.

Alexia Wilborn: So I was, but, [00:15:00]

Dawn Pruszkowski: but Alexia, you’re not there. I’m at home, not even ready yet,

Troy Wilborn: and she’s the one who’s, who’s like hosted the thing. She was like, oh, we’re gonna, we’re gonna do this at this time.

And so I’m like. I was like, all right, I, you know, I’ll get there at that time, see where everyone’s at. And apparently nobody was like, ready at all. And I’m just like, I drove 40, 45 minutes to get to this part, this, uh, pump or I feel so bad. The orchard.

Dawn Pruszkowski: Yeah, the orchard.

Troy Wilborn: The orchard,

Dawn Pruszkowski: yeah. To, um, kind of start looking at each other

differently.

Troy Wilborn: I would say for me, yeah, because I was like, not for

Dawn Pruszkowski: me. I had no, I, I didn’t think about it at all this time. Yeah. ‘

Troy Wilborn: cause I was like, I was like, okay, this cute girl invite, like, put me in this group chat, invited me to this event, you know, maybe I can like, you know, start talking to her, kind of get close, be more friends.

And so like, it was a, we were taking [00:16:00] photos and for some, yeah, we in like

Alexia Wilborn: group photos and then me and my best friend Lauren wanted pictures of just us. So like, we had him take those pictures. I just felt uncomfortable as in like, oh my gosh. Like Lauren always tells me like when I look good or if there’s a hair out of place or something, and he’s just snapping away not saying anything.

So he took pictures of me and then he was like, Hey, like, come take um, a picture with me of me dipping you. Which like from dancing, like that’s what people do. But like we hadn’t danced together yet. And in like in dancing, I specifically would avoid. Very tall guys, I think you can’t tell with us sitting down, but when we’re standing, my top of my head’s like down here on him.

So it’s really difficult to dance with the height difference. So we had never danced. I had never had him dip me before and I was like, no. And then he talked me into it and we did. So like, um, we have pictures of that and you can tell

that shes not about it [00:17:00] felt

like uncomfortable, not in like a creep way, just like.

Gosh, something we’re my used to. Oh yeah. Gosh. Yeah. Like this guy. I don’t know. So for you, you, you, yeah, I was

Troy Wilborn: like, I was like, oh, she’s, I was like, man, I think she’s really cute. Like, I, I want to get to know her more. And so anytime that, you know, she was wanting to do stuff with this group, I was, I always made it a point where I, I was gonna make it happen for me.

He, he

Alexia Wilborn: said yes to everything right away. And one of my other guy friends was like. This dude, Troy loves taking photos, doesn’t he? ’cause he was always the first one to be like, I’ll be there.

Troy Wilborn: Yeah. Like, you know what? I want to get to know her as a person and be like, is this a, is this something that I can potentially pursue?

Or is it just somebody who I can use as. Inspiration of who I should be. So that’s what I was like in my head. Like, I, I want to be at anything that [00:18:00] she’s there. ’cause you know, I wanted to just be around that kind of person.

Alexia Wilborn: And on that note, I have, this is my favorite, well, not my, this is one of my favorite things about our relationship.

So I, around the same time. Um, so I, like I said, I was like just talking to guys, trying to see what I, what I wanted. Um, I got to this point where I was like. Okay. Like I wasn’t interested in any of those guys and I knew that I just was trying to see like what I wanted in a husband. So I made a list and I think every Christian makes this list and like most people are told like, no rip up the list.

I think most girls make lists. Yes. I think the list is the best thing you can do. So what, the way I did it, I guess it’s that like a chart I made like a chart. So I made a list of qualities or I made a list of. My guy friends that like I respected the most, like, not maybe romantically, but just like, I was like, okay, like he’d probably make a good husband for someone.

So he was one of the guys. And so I made a list of these [00:19:00] guys and I made a list of like qualities that I would need and or like want and like a godly husband for me specifically, you know, ’cause there’s certain things that are just specific to each woman. Um, and so I went through and I put like a check mark.

Like if they had it or not. And I was like, okay. Like seeing, maybe I’ll hang out with him and maybe he’ll have other friends or like siblings or something that are like him. Right. And the funny thing is I didn’t know he was a Christian. So the, he had every check mark, unlike everyone else. Everyone had like two or three.

He had every check mark except the last one, which was, uh, if he was a Christian, I didn’t know that he was. Mm-hmm. In reality, he ticked every one of my wants on my list that I had been praying for, and I had no idea. So that, wow. So when I made that list, that was like right after Gil Crease, like two weeks later.

And

Dawn Pruszkowski: so that was [00:20:00] what, two years after you guys had met at Line Dancing or?

Troy Wilborn: Yeah, I would say yeah, 20 20,

Alexia Wilborn: 21, 20 22. So like two, three years total. I was super intentional about marriage and not just dating, so everyone was understanding and cut off all of them. And then as I was driving to go to gill’s and, um, just like we were hanging out, like I knew he was there, um, and we were hanging out just near each other.

I don’t think we had talked yet that night.

Yeah, I went with

like my best friend Lauren, and at some point I don’t know where she went, and I had these two, um, older guys like talking to me or three. Yeah, so there’s, so there was, I was kind of like cornered in, I I didn’t have like my girl to come save me.

Troy Wilborn: Yeah. So right where they were at, there’s, there’s the bar and there’s this table, and then everybody kind of like. Piles up right in between the two. And so I, [00:21:00] I just see, well, I go to the bar and I grab a couple waters ’cause I’m actually gonna give one to our, like my, my friend Alyssa, who like my best friend from childhood.

So I had two waters in my hand and I just see like these like bi, like bigger guys, like around her. And so I just go, I was. Hey, babe, I got your water. Let’s go. And so I like put my arm around her. Yeah. With the water. And I was like, that was the first time I

Alexia Wilborn: had a guy, like, because I would not, like, I wouldn’t hug guys or anything.

I was like, so,

Troy Wilborn: and I just, ’cause I see her, I see her like looking everywhere trying to find somebody. Mm-hmm. And so then I, I was just like, I, I was made a point. I was like, all right, hey, hey baby, let’s like, you know, let’s go. I got your waters. You know, like pulled her out of that situation and then kind of was like, like holding her on top of her and just, you know, ’cause they were looking, they were just, you know, these guys were, you know, they see this cute girl, obviously, and so mm-hmm.

I was just like, I, I wanted to protect her ’cause I knew that, you know, she’s valuable and like, I wanted to, you know, make [00:22:00] sure that, you know, she’s not, you know, feeling uncomfortable or unsafe in this, in like that group of people. So,

Alexia Wilborn: yeah. So that was. So that was the first time I let a guy like, you know, touch me in any way for that long.

So that was really cool. I was like, oh, this is nice. Um, and then I just like stuck around at his table for a while ’cause they were looking and like, I don’t know, some guys are super creepy, so you don’t want ’em to be like, oh, like that’s not really your boyfriend and try to do anything, you know? So, um.

Before we knew it, like I don’t even know how much time had passed, but somehow we’re like at the table and, and I realized that we’re like touching cheeks because my head and I wasn’t thinking anything other than like, oh my gosh, like this beard is so, we’re just so not like me at all. Like normally I wouldn’t touch or be close to any guy ’cause I don’t want my potential future husband to think I’m off limits.

But here we are, like still like my [00:23:00] favorite thing to do.

Troy Wilborn: Yeah. And then, and I, and I was like, in my head, I, I look back at the group of guys, they’re not looking anymore. I was like, Hey, they’re not looking anymore. You want to like go there? Like get

Alexia Wilborn: Yeah, no. Yeah. You’re like, I don’t think they’re looking anymore.

And I was like. Oh, yeah,

Troy Wilborn: yeah,

Alexia Wilborn: yeah. Not, I stopped thinking about them at that point. She,

Troy Wilborn: she, well, she goes, huh? It was, it was so priceless because I just, I just knew, I was like, she was in the like zone. I wasn’t thinking about anything. Nothing. And so I was just like, I just, I laughed at, like at the table.

That’s so funny. But you know, that’s just the moment that I remember. I was like, remember saving her from that table. And then, and then later that

Alexia Wilborn: night was our first time dancing together as two stepping. Yeah. So like a couple dance. Mm-hmm. And I was so scared because I was like, no, I’m gonna look stupid.

Like tall guys never know how to short dance with short girl, but you do. Mm-hmm. Because a lot of the girls you were dancing with are short.

Troy Wilborn: I’m just really tall, so I had to get the, I had to figure out how to [00:24:00] dance, you know? I think there’s another moment that night, because that was like our first moment, like where I, it was a spotlight for me.

Like, I see this woman, like I don’t want anything happening to her. And then like there’s another moment where. I go out, I go up, I, I knew, I really knew the DJ very well and so I was just joking around. I go up in the DJ booth, I put his headphones on and I’m acting like I’m the DJ and everything. And like all of like my friends are recording and everything and she has a special moment.

Like,

Alexia Wilborn: so I was on the dance floor doing a line dance. Mm-hmm. And like I looked up and I saw that he was doing that and like something about me. Is like bef like with other guys. Like I never thought anyone was like atra like more attractive than like being casually attractive, right? So I always thought like, oh, whenever I do find my husband, like I might not think he’s like hot or anything, but it’ll be like for what’s on the inside, which is what matters.

Well, he changed everything. So I’m like [00:25:00] looking up at him and I’m like in my head, like, I don’t know how I was thinking it specifically, but I’m just like. Like, he just stood out to me like it, you know, like in a, a more romantic way at that point, which before I was like still thinking like, oh, like it’s just, he just sees me as a friend.

Um. But yeah, so I literally, I, I was so distracted and it was another like, spotlight moment. Like there was not a real light, but in my head it was totally like there was a spotlight on him. And, um, I stopped in the middle of the dance floor and I got like, bumped by someone and I was like, oh, shoot. I we’re dancing.

And then even later that night, one of our, a girl I wasn’t actually even friends with, I didn’t know her at the time, but Rachel mm-hmm. She had recorded you. Mm-hmm. And she put it on her story, and I’m such. A creep. I DM her and I don’t even know if she knew who I was. Maybe she recognized me from dancing, but we had never talked before.

I said, Hey, can you like download and send me this video? [00:26:00] But it was him up in the DJ booth. That was like my favorite moment. Like he just looked so cool

Troy Wilborn: and I feel bad because I did get that DJ in trouble with, you know, his boss. But he told me later he is like. Nah, that was funny. I was like, that was like a cool moment.

And I was like, so, you know, it was,

Alexia Wilborn: it was all part of God’s design know, to get me looking at you.

Troy Wilborn: Yeah. So,

Dawn Pruszkowski: okay, so now you’re, you’re attracted to each other and how did things move after that? Was it, did it, did it move quickly or,

Troy Wilborn: um, I would, I would say it was more of like, we just kept doing, like hanging out in like friend settings, but.

We would, we would be talking more to each other and

Alexia Wilborn: Yeah. Still in group settings. Yes, but still in group at that point,

Troy Wilborn: because we wanted to know like more about each other and ’cause we’re like, I knew, I knew I was ready for like, a relationship and so I, I was like, man, if I could just have this woman, this [00:27:00] godly woman as my girlfriend, I knew like, that was it, that was gonna be my wife.

I, there’s no more. Looking for anything else. And so that’s why I, I was like, well, I wanna spend more time with her. ’cause I wanted this for my life, you know,

Alexia Wilborn: the rest of my life. Yeah. So, so after that night where I like was finally seeing him in that light, I think it was only two weeks. It seems like a long time, I feel like for us, because we’re seeing each other three to five times a week in group settings.

But it was only, I think like two weeks later, I felt in my heart that I was like. I think I’m falling in love. What is this feeling? Um, and of course I’m like, so, um, protective over the marriage and I didn’t wanna be someone’s girlfriend again and being like, you know, another like multi-year boyfriend girlfriend relationship and it ends up being nothing.

So I, I just kept praying for super obvious [00:28:00] signs and I honestly, what I was praying. I pray for God to take you away a lot, but it was like, if this isn’t my husband God, like make him go away. Make him stop talking to me. Um, and I would pray super specific questions like, like I knew he smoked and drank at the time, and if you’re gonna be married to me, I, I wasn’t, that’s not something I wanted in my life for a partner.

And so I’d never said anything to him about it. I would pray about it. Because I know anyone can change like this. Those are just habits. If you, if you wanna change those things, God can change that for you. And so I would just pray about certain things like that, and the next time I’d see him, he would just bring it up on his own.

He had no idea. I didn’t tell anybody else. This was just between me and God. Every doubt I had or thing I would be scared of, the next time I talked to him, he would bring it up. And I, so I felt like, so at peace and com, like comfortable with him and the idea of [00:29:00] marrying him, if that was something he wanted, which he, you were three years younger than me.

Troy Wilborn: Yeah.

Alexia Wilborn: He’s younger than me, so I wasn’t sure if he was gonna be like ready for marriage at that point, you know? Um. Mm-hmm. But yeah, and so I, I

Troy Wilborn: was, I was done wasting my time. I, I just went from like a relationship, like relationships where it’s just like I can’t see myself marrying any of these, you know?

And I’m like, wasting my time. I was like, man, but maybe it’ll like improve or these things would happen, and then it just. Doesn’t work out. And I’m like, man, I’m wasting all my time. I don’t want to keep going in like relationships. I wanna have a wife, I want something stable. I want some, someone who I can like, you know, grew closer to.

And

Alexia Wilborn: I’m trying to think so I know, yeah, like the first week of November is like when I like fell, like started like feeling like, oh my gosh, I think I’m in love with this guy. Which was, sounded kind of crazy. We had known each other since 2020, but you know, [00:30:00] like. Just talking. It was like a month at that point.

Mm-hmm.

The following week he asked me to be his girlfriend, which, like I said, I didn’t wanna be anyone’s girlfriend again ’cause I was so scared I was gonna be stuck as the forever girlfriend again. But I

Troy Wilborn: got a huge bouquet of flowers. Like Big I, I probably spent. 70 to $80 on flowers. Mm-hmm. To like impress her.

’cause I knew she didn’t wanna be a, it was like someone’s girlfriend, but I didn’t wanna go out dancing and not have her as my girlfriend. Like I wanted, I wanted whole speech, like laid out. And then

Alexia Wilborn: it was like a, it was like a girlfriend proposal. Yeah. He really did have like a speech. It was, it was so cute.

And at that point, like he put so much work into it, like you could tell it was like planned. Speech. It wasn’t just talking like mm-hmm. From his head. And I was so, I was like, oh my gosh. Like he went through all this work and this is really so sweet. And so I said yes. And in my head I was like, please let this be worth it.

God, I don’t wanna be a girlfriend for another [00:31:00] like five years and it’s nothing again. And yeah, so I said yes. Um, and then November, or no, December. December 3rd. Is when you, so that’s like another, you got me the promise ring.

Troy Wilborn: Yeah. So I, knowing, knowing her, I didn’t really know her too, like, like, like in a too much level where I, I was like, man, I wanna marry her, but I know I need to get her a nice ring because she’s got, you know, she got a huge Instagram following.

I see all the things that she gets and I like, you know, I need to get her a really nice ring. But I want her to be my wife. And so I, so I went and I got like, you know, I think it was a $80 promise ring or something like that. And then, so I made like a, another like speech and you know, I, I proposed like pretty much proposed to her.

I was like, I [00:32:00] was like, I know I don’t have a good ring right now, but I promise I’m gonna get you a good engagement ring and we’re gonna be engaged in all this stuff. And so this is like a month after I asked her to be my girlfriend.

Alexia Wilborn: Yeah, so this is December 3rd. I call it the proposal, like it was literally a proposal except you saying like, I know you need a better ring than this.

Mm-hmm. And I was like, that does not matter. I do not care. Like give me a piece of twine.

Troy Wilborn: And, and also for, also for me, I like, we’ve talked a lot and so I knew that her, that her relationship with her father. Is a big, is a big thing. He’s a godly man who, like, she looks up to, he actually prayed for her constantly ’cause he lives in Florida.

He prayed for her constantly that she would be protected, that she’d be Christian and like all this, all these things. And so he like, you know, she looked up to him because he is like a really good Christian man and so she, so I knew that I needed to get his approval. [00:33:00] And so that’s where I was like, I know, I know it is not an engagement like per se or like, but ’cause I wanted to get his blessing first.

Mm-hmm. In order for us to even think about, you know, being engaged. And so,

Alexia Wilborn: yeah. And the night that he like, where I’m just gonna call it a proposal, the night that he did like this speech or like proposal, I wasn’t expecting it at all. I can’t remember, I don’t think. I’m trying to think. Something we didn’t mention this whole time that this is happening, like all of 2022, I had developed an autoimmune disorder, not disease, but disorder, like stress induced.

And so I would randomly break out in full body hives, big red blotchy, like the most uncomfortable, ugliest thing. Um, and so. He was, he was like still into me through all that. He saw that and I was always so embarrassed, but he [00:34:00] made me feel like comfortable and still like beautiful, even though I was like, you are crazy.

Um, but so, so I think that night I was like not having a super bad breakout, but I think I wasn’t feeling good. Um, and we, like, it was after like a Christmas thing that we did with our friends. Town square. Oh no. At the district.

Mm-hmm.

So I wa I wasn’t expecting anything. I did look cute, at least. Yeah. I, I don’t think I was feeling good, but I looked cute ’cause I dressed up for this Christmas thing.

But, um, but I wasn’t expecting that at all. And then I was so, like, I was a little bit thrown off when he was saying something about a ring, because I guess I didn’t talk about it that much at the time, but I’m a very frugal person and like. Super humble when it comes to clothing and stuff, like I love thrifting, and I was like, why does he think I care about an expensive ring?

Just ask me to marry you.

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Dawn Pruszkowski: so, so I’m taking it. Her dad said, okay,

Troy Wilborn: so that’s another, yeah. So the

Alexia Wilborn: beginning of December, he asked. And then by the end of the December we have our marriage license already, you know, which, it’s not signed or anything. So like you have I think a year. You

Dawn Pruszkowski: have a year? Yeah. Yeah. That’s where my husband works.

Troy Wilborn: Yeah. So, so we got our marriage license, but I knew, and then two weeks

Alexia Wilborn: later

Troy Wilborn: we went to Florida. Yeah. I knew I needed to go get his, you know, blessing. So we flew out to Florida. We spent, I think it was like three or four days. Mm-hmm. So it was, it was a very quick [00:36:00] trip we had. Like proposal photos. We, we had everything planned out and I was like, man, what am I gonna get alone time with this guy so I can like ask his hand?

’cause he doesn’t know that we’re doing these like proposal photos. He doesn’t, he doesn at this point.

Alexia Wilborn: My dad doesn’t know. We were like engaged already. Mm-hmm. And, uh, I didn’t know when you were planning on asking for his blessing or anything, but if my dad would’ve for whatever reason, said he didn’t think it was a good idea.

I would’ve listened.

Mm-hmm.

Like, I really, like at the time I valued my dad’s opinion, like second to God. I’m

Dawn Pruszkowski: not sure

Alexia Wilborn: that that was like a good, I mean, it was a good thing for us. Mm-hmm. Because he, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Troy Wilborn: So. And I think it was the last night we, like, we had to fly the morning at later. I was like, all right, I need to, I need to get this guy alone.

And so she’s on the phone with, I think one of her sisters, or she’s in the room with her sister. Um, so I had taken him out. I was like, Hey, can you show me your snake? She, because he breeds snakes and so he [00:37:00] has like a whole like

Alexia Wilborn: typical Florida men, you.

Troy Wilborn: Um, so I, I took him outside and so like we, we, he goes and shows me, you know, this thing, like this room. And so I’m like, man, what am I gonna get this opportunity to ask him? And so, um, uh, so she funny story, so I’m like right about that. I think I was

Alexia Wilborn: vlogging. Yeah,

Troy Wilborn: she was vlogging, she was like recording and like, I think I was gonna ask him like right, like then to.

You know, had a serious conversation with him and she opens the door and I was,

Alexia Wilborn: yeah, I like knocked on the door. I was like, hi guys. Whatcha doing?

Troy Wilborn: And I, and I’m just, and I just forget all the words I was gonna ask him. And so then, you know, I waited and he

Alexia Wilborn: was being so awkward, like, I felt like kind of quiet and like.

You weren’t like, normally when I’m v flogging you’re like, oh, hi, we’re doing this. I was so, and you were like quiet. And I was like, you guys aren’t being very fun. You [00:38:00] didn’t say,

Dawn Pruszkowski: hi, I’m asking your dad for your hand and match. So I have no

Alexia Wilborn: idea. So eventually I was just like, okay, well you guys are being boring.

I’m gonna go back inside. Yeah. So she

Troy Wilborn: goes back inside and so we ended up leaving his shed and I, and I go and I’m like, Hey, there’s a reason why we fly. Flew out here. I, I’m crazy about your daughter. You know, I think, I think I, she’s the, she’s the one, she’s the one for me. She is beautiful. She’s a Christian.

You know, I just think that everything about her I’m crazy about. And I know that she gets, you know, like all this from you, blah, blah, blah. And so he, I asked him for his, um, blessing and he was like. I’ve never once met any of her boyfriends. She, yeah, I wouldn’t Talks about you constantly and so if, if she thinks, you know, it’s right for her.

I, I say yes. ’cause I’ve never met one, any of her boyfriends. I’ve never even heard about [00:39:00] any guy that she likes. I think it was a, a big thing for us to even, like, go out there. Mm-hmm. For me to even meet her dad and for. Me to like, tell her how crazy about it. You know, I am for his daughter. I was, you know, I thought it was amazing.

You know, I was like, I was like, this is the only shot I have to, I have to make a good impression, you know? ’cause I want this woman to be my wife. And so,

Alexia Wilborn: and then, so the next day we’re leaving and my dad is so sweet. He just like, he starts crying like. He was just, he, I’ve never seen him cry. I didn’t see him cry like happy tears until that point.

And he was just, I was like, what’s wrong? And he was just like, I’ve never seen you this happy I can tell like you, your energy has changed so much and I’ve never seen you be more you. So I used to do like. You know, like so [00:40:00] much makeup and like big hair extensions and like crazy eyelashes and fake nails and everything.

And I didn’t feel like I had to do that with him. I never wanted to do that. Like I wanted to just be me. And he really loved that. And I felt like most guys, especially in Vegas, wanted all that fake stuff, you know? So it was really refreshing. I could just be me and be more natural. And my dad saw that too, and how confident I was.

Which is crazy. Mm-hmm. ’cause I feel like with all the fake stuff I was, I wasn’t very confident. I always was thinking about how I looked and feeling like not good.

Mm-hmm.

And he made me feel really good, just like about everything that I thought was a bad thing about myself, appearance wise. Like you would say it was beautiful.

Mm-hmm. Like brown eyes, like so many guys are like, oh, like you’re pretty, someone said this to me, you’re pretty, but your eyes, you look cool. If your eyes were like blue or something. And I was like, thanks. Yeah.

Troy Wilborn: Then when I first like met her, I was like, man, I love how like big and like beautiful and brown.

Her eyes are, so I just, [00:41:00] it just,

Alexia Wilborn: when he said that to Meles, like that stuck with me for forever. I was, oh, you have, oh my

Troy Wilborn: gosh, you have very pretty like brown eyes and she’s like,

Alexia Wilborn: I was very stressed out about trying to plan a wedding. Mm-hmm. Not because it was gonna be large by any means, but because we have family in so many different states.

Florida, Chicago, or sorry, Florida, Illinois.

Mm-hmm. Texas. Texas in Vegas. Um,

Vegas. It was just stressing me out so much. Um, but we got really pushed to go ahead with a courthouse wedding because his lease was ending and we were like, well, we should just take this opportunity and move in together. Like, don’t sign another lease for a year or something.

Mm-hmm. I didn’t wanna have a long engagement either.

Yeah.

I was like, you’re gonna be my, if this is supposed to be my husband, it just needs to happen. Um, so we had our date for when we were gonna move into our apartment, and I was, I was [00:42:00] freaking out because I was like, I want, I have to be married before I move with a guy.

And like, I don’t think he, you didn’t really care that much about that?

Troy Wilborn: No, because I was like, we’re, we’re gonna get married this year anyways, so it’s, you know. But for some reason she found a date the day before we’re supposed to move into our apartment, like to get there

Alexia Wilborn: the

Troy Wilborn: night before. The night before that was at the court.

That was the

Alexia Wilborn: earliest available.

Troy Wilborn: Yeah.

Alexia Wilborn: And so I felt like that was just another big confirmation from God. Um, and I was so nervous.

Troy Wilborn: Mm-hmm.

Alexia Wilborn: You weren’t nervous. I was,

Troy Wilborn: I wasn’t so nervous, but. I mean, you can ask my best friend. We only, we only had our best friends be there at the courthouse. So it was my best friend, Jake and her best friend, uh, Veronica.

Alexia Wilborn: Yeah.

Troy Wilborn: We both like, it was just gonna be us. And he’s like, dude, I’ve never seen you like this happy and this like head over heels for somebody. Of course I’ll be your best man. And you know, and it was a small like. You [00:43:00] know, courthouse wedding, but it was just, we dressed

Alexia Wilborn: up cute. Yeah. Like he wore a suit.

Mm-hmm. I wore, my dress was, it was cheap. It was from, uh, te Timbo, but it was like a cute fluffy mini dress and heels and like I did my hair and had little K from like Trader Joe’s. Mm-hmm. Um, so, so before getting there, I was super nervous. And I was just like, praying so hard. I was like, God, I’m about to make the biggest commitment I feel like I’ve ever made other than accepting you.

Um, so I was like, if, like, just one more time. Just one more time. If this ain’t it, make something happen. Um, and then everything fell into place so perfectly and so beautifully.

Troy Wilborn: Um, and even, even like another thing, we were running late to our appointment. Like

Dawn Pruszkowski: I’m, I’m late for everything. She’s late for everything.

I’m late for everything. So

Troy Wilborn: we have an appointment scheduled and I’m like, this girl’s [00:44:00] not ready. We’re gonna be late. God gave us green lights all the way up into the courthouse. The person in front of us was running late or like, they were like taking too long. So we had like this like grace period. We had like 30 minutes.

Yeah, 30 minutes of like that. We thought we were gonna be missing our appointment where God gave us ample time. And that

Alexia Wilborn: ended up being a good thing because I don’t know if it’s this way everywhere, but here at the courthouse when you get married, you’re not actually supposed to say personal vows because it takes up too much time.

Um, and at first she said that, and I was so bummed ’cause I always wanted to say personal vows.

Mm-hmm.

Um, and then she’s like, well, you know, since we made you wait so long, like I’ll let you. So that, that was really, really special. Mm-hmm. That we got to do that. It’s just another confirmation. God’s like, I got you girl.

You’re not gonna be ready on time. I got you. You wanna see your personal vows? I got you. Um, so that was our [00:45:00] favorite, that’s my favorite thing. I think everyone should get married like at a courthouse or alone before your big wedding day, because that day is more about hosting for all your friends and family.

And I feel like you get really like. You don’t get to spend that much time with each other. Mm-hmm. And appreciate what’s the union that you’re, um, creating, the covenant that you’re committing to. Mm-hmm. So I, that was really special for us. It really felt like it was just about us and God and like forming this.

Lifelong covenant, which was amazing. And then afterwards we went, um, with our two friends that were our witnesses, and we went, we just went to Chick-fil-A all dressed up.

Troy Wilborn: We went, we went to the, to the Lord’s fast food restaurant, you know, and, and it was, it was nice. We’re all in our suits and everything.

We, like, we just got married and it was, it was just, I, I wouldn’t trade that night for the world.

Dawn Pruszkowski: Mm-hmm.

Alexia Wilborn: Right.

Troy Wilborn: We had like a, and then

Dawn Pruszkowski: things started, I was gonna say, things started changing [00:46:00] for you really quickly.

Alexia Wilborn: Oh yeah, that’s very, which you got married. So, yeah. So we moved in, uh, we moved in together the next day, and that apartment was his whole own thing.

I, I tried to choose like a cheaper apartment because I thought, oh, I’m gonna be a good wife and I’m gonna make us save up money before we end up having kids and need a bigger place. We, we moved outta that apartment like three, four months later. Yeah. Like, it was pretty bad.

Troy Wilborn: Yeah. So the, the apartment like was leaking ac she was very sick.

We didn’t, there was

Alexia Wilborn: gunshots twice on two separate occasions. So this is not a very safe

Troy Wilborn: place. This was like our first place moving in together. And so I was like, all right, maybe, maybe the apartment’s making her sick or whatever and, you know, she was bedridden for, you know. Like weeks on that end. Yeah, like,

Alexia Wilborn: like tummy sick.

Troy Wilborn: Yeah. Or like

Alexia Wilborn: not,

Troy Wilborn: yeah.

Alexia Wilborn: Hello.

Troy Wilborn: [00:47:00] Yeah. So she was bedridden. We’re like, all right, well, so I felt sick,

Alexia Wilborn: so I thought I was pregnant. We took a pregnancy test and it was negative, and I was like super bummed. I was like, man, like I thought for sure I would know. Um. And it did turn out like two weeks later, I, we did another pregnancy test and it was positive, and so I was pregnant at the time.

I thought it was, but it was like too early on.

Mm-hmm.

To register. So our whole like. Beginning of our marriage. He was really like, he was really understanding.

Mm-hmm.

And kind about everything. But I felt horrible because I was sick. I didn’t want to, to do anything. I was like, I was bedridden because I, I had, um, it’s called HG Hyper Emesis Rum.

So it’s like extreme morning sickness 24 7. The whole pregnancy? Mm-hmm. Oh, my. Took all my energy. I just, I did, I hated everything that I normally love. I didn’t want, I’m like super homemaker. Like I, I loved maintaining a home and [00:48:00] serving others. I didn’t wanna cook. I didn’t wanna clean. I didn’t even wanna get outta bed to like get myself water.

And I was like, oh my gosh, this dude’s gonna wanna divorce me. I am being the worst wife ever. Um, so I think that whole first year I was really paranoid. That like every, I just thought everything was gonna go wrong. I was like, he’s gonna wanna leave me. What if something happens with the baby? And so I really was not myself, I wasn’t like happy, bubbly, like at all.

And so our whole first year kind of, I mean, from my perspective, I felt like I, I was doing a horrible job at

Dawn Pruszkowski: everything. You’re very pre, you’re pregnant, you’re very sick.

Alexia Wilborn: Mm-hmm.

Dawn Pruszkowski: Take it from there.

Alexia Wilborn: So then once we have our son, uh, the, the second we have him, I’m back to like my normal self and felt really good.

Um, and when we knew when we had children that we wanted to have them back to back, just knock ’em out in the beginning and then, you know, have our marriage. So, um, we did get pregnant [00:49:00] again, um, the next year. So our son was 2023. Spring 2024, I got pregnant again, but unfortunately miscarried. Um, and at that point I, I was really nervous.

I was like, maybe, maybe God didn’t want us to have a baby. You know? I don’t know. So I didn’t think it was like something I did wrong, but I was worried maybe that wasn’t his plan and that maybe it was just my own idea. So we prayed about it all summer and then. Come November, Thanksgiving time, we’re real.

We’re pretty confident. We really wanna have another child. We loved having our son. Mm-hmm. Um, but we wanted to make sure it was God’s will Thanksgiving 2024. We prayed with his whole family. Mm-hmm. Very specific prayer. We’re like, God, if this is your will, um, you know, make it happen. And we, and we wanted, we said, um, if we’re not pregnant by this Christmas.

We’re gonna stop trying, because I’ll [00:50:00] take that as a sign from you that that’s not what you want right now. Um, and we’re like, and while you’re at it, like if it is your will, then, you know, my pregnancy was very rough, so we were like, it’d be nice if it was twins. You know, knock out two with one pregnancy and, and while you’re at it, you know, if they could both be girls, that would be fun.

We have super cute grandma names that we wanted to use from our grandmothers. Um. Then the last thing I prayed was that if it was twins, that they would look different because I didn’t wanna have them struggle with identity as much. Women already struggle with identity, I feel like, as young girls. So I prayed that too.

Um, so everyone prayed that for us and we took eight pregnancy tests. Before Christmas. Negative, negative, negative. And I was just like, dang it. Like it wasn’t God’s will. That’s so sad. Um, and then my,

Troy Wilborn: my dad, like we, we were traveling to visit her dad for Christmas, [00:51:00] Christmas Eve. Yeah. The week

Alexia Wilborn: before Christmas.

Yeah. And my dad

Troy Wilborn: calls us, he’s like, I just had the most vivid dream. We were on a beach. I’m holding, I’m holding your son’s hand, but we’re looking for this girl.

Alexia Wilborn: A little girl. A little

Troy Wilborn: girl. And so like, I, I like, ’cause they had a dream before, like with our son that they Yeah. They knew we

Alexia Wilborn: were pregnant before we,

Troy Wilborn: yeah, before we did.

My, my mom, she was so close with God, she knew that like we were pregnant and we were trying to keep, it was be a boy.

Alexia Wilborn: She knew I was and I was like, dang it, I wanted a girl. But, but yeah. So when he had that dream, I was like, what if this is happening again? And I, and I looked at my little chart and I was like, you know what?

I did miss. So, um, this was Christmas Eve and I was like, can you buy a pregnancy test now? So when we get back tomorrow, I didn’t know if the stores were gonna be closed. Um, I was like, that way we can take it. And so we took the, the pregnancy test and I thought it was gonna be negative. The last eight were negative, but it was positive and I was so [00:52:00] excited.

Um, and then, and then I started getting sick again. Just as bad as last time. I ended up in the er. Um, but that night was kind of cool because that’s when we found out that it was twins and I was just like, there’s no way. And you know, come August, 2025, we just had our twin baby girls. They look very different.

So I just feel like all those things to me is just God’s confirmation of our whole relationship.

Mm-hmm.

And I think back to the beginning, so often. Like, what if I had just listened to my friend and I didn’t pursue him? Mm-hmm. Or um, you know, and early on we didn’t have our, our marriage or like our relationship.

Mm-hmm. I dunno. I feel like our relationship is pretty perfect. It’s just like there were things that came up that could have broken up, would break up a normal couple, I feel like for sure. A hundred percent. Mm-hmm. But we invite, you know, we [00:53:00] prayed about it and we invite God into it. And we don’t just go based off of like.

Our fears or our emotions. I can’t imagine like my life is, there’s still, we have like struggles in life, not like within our relationship, but just like, you know, life throws things at you all the time and we get through it all and I can’t imagine if I had to do it without him. I can’t imagine if I didn’t have these three beautiful kids.

I can’t imagine if I didn’t have his family. I love his family so much. They’re so crazy supportive. Everything. They’re, um, they’re Christians as well and just like, especially I, I should have known since the beginning when I, my first time meeting them, um. Which was like two months after we started Talk, talking, talking.

They were so excited. Like when he said we were engaged, they were so for it, and I was like, you guys don’t even know me. And they’re like, we’ve been praying for you. We have been praying for you all these years. We know that you are the girl we’ve been praying to be in [00:54:00] his life. So I’m, I’m, I feel so, so, so, so blessed.

God took two very imperfect people. Mm-hmm. And just kind of made a perfect love story out of it that I think hopefully reflects his grace that he has for all of us. I do have one important word of advice for married couples. Okay. This is from my Italian grandmother. She’s no longer with us, but her advice will save every marriage I believe.

Sleep naked.

You, you’ll never go to bed angry, I promise.

Dawn Pruszkowski: Good words of advice. Very good. Oh, well thank you guys so much for being on the show with us and sharing your love story and, and, um, by the way, they are planning. The big

Alexia Wilborn: wedding, right? Yes. Oh, oh, yes. Yes. We’ve, since we wanted to have our children first, um, [00:55:00] we knew we wouldn’t be planning for a while, but now we’re planning for 2027.

You may have wedding ceremony. Mm-hmm. Um, and hopefully we’re, we’re hoping Pastor John will marry us. That’s our pastor from the church, so that’ll be really exciting.

Dawn Pruszkowski: So, so when you see their pictures, um. Won’t, we won’t have the big wedding pictures yet, but we will have lots of other fun pictures. Mm-hmm.

Yes. On our website, you guys. Yes. Love it. Okay, so everyone, I just want you to remember that what may feel ordinary today may be what God uses to bring his gift to you tomorrow. Is he still leading the dance? So friends, be sure to go to our website. Unexpected love stories to find out more about Troy and Alexia and you can see all their fun pictures.

They’ve got so many that they, uh, took to catalog their whole love story. So we’ve got some great pictures for you. [00:56:00] Um, and I think you can also go there to find great links to connect with them. You can connect with their shops. Again. She has her shop that she resells clothes, she they do furniture, they do all sorts of stuff.

Um, you’ll just wanna catch up and, and you’ll also wanna drop ’em a note and let ’em know how great their story is. Um, you can go to our website. Uh, the link to it is just in our show notes below. It’s gonna take you right to the episode and then you can find everything about them. Also, I just need you to do something for me.

It’s gonna take maybe 20 seconds, and that would be, would you please click the, like, sort of thumb thumbs up or rate us. Wherever you’re watching your podcast from or listening to, it just means a whole lot for us. If you would just take a second and click that, because that’s gonna help other people find our show, and if you just would leave a short comment, it encourages us and it encourages others as well.

Thank you so much. Well, I [00:57:00] hope that your heart feels lighter and full of hope after hearing this beautiful story. As you know, often the best love stories are the ones that we never saw coming. So keep your heart open because love truly is waiting for you.