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Becky (Stone) Fisher Marries her Best Friend, Soul Mate & the Love of Her Life -- Mike Fisher

Mike and I were really, really good friends from junior high school through high school (I even had a huge crush on him during our years in school together, but never told him about it). But, as is often the case, we lost contact shortly after graduating in 1990 and went our own ways. In June 2004, I was feeling rather nostalgic and went to a couple of reunion sites just to see who I could find out there. I saw Mike's name, and, although I was convinced he would not remember me, I went ahead and emailed him through the site simply in the hopes of reconnecting with an old friend. A couple of days later, he responded, said of course he remembered me, and we began catching up via frequent emails and weekly phone calls. We fell right back in to the wonderful friendship we'd had when we were younger. He was still the funny, crazy and intelligent guy I knew in school. That was very refreshing to find out, as so many people change as they grow older (which is really to be expected), but not always for the better.

Mike was then living in New Mexico, where he had been for eight years. I was still living here in Northern California (specifically, Vallejo). He told me about his plans to come out to visit his family, who still live in Pinole, in November of 2004 for the holidays, and we made plans to get together for coffee just to catch up in person since it had been 14 years since we last saw each other.

Let me backtrack for a moment. I knew he would not recognize me, because I look much different now than I did back in high school. I was rather obese in high school, if you recall. Well, I only got larger after graduating. I was very miserable and had health problems due to my weight. In September 2003 I had gastric bypass surgery, which was very much a lifesaver for me. I have lost a total of 171 pounds and my health is better now than it has ever been. Due to that, however, it is not uncommon for people who have not seen me in some time to recognize me. With that in mind, I had emailed Mike some pictures of me before he came out here to visit his family, showing him what I currently looked like, so he would not be completely shocked. Needless to say, he still was, because it really is quite a dramatic change. When he saw me, even though he'd already seen the pictures, his mouth fell open, and he had a look of slight disbelief on his face. He quickly recovered, though, once I began talking. (I am told my eyes and my voice give me away, as they are still the same.) Anyway, back to my original story...

We sat at Starbucks for 3 and a half hours, just talking nonstop. Neither one of us wanted to leave, but he had dinner plans with his family so he had to go. However, I was smitten with him from the first moment I walked into Starbucks to meet up with him, and I could not stop thinking about him. Apparently, he felt the same. We spent as much time together during the two weeks he was here as we possibly could. After he went back home to New Mexico, amid promises on both of our parts to do our best to foster this new phase of our relationship long distance, I missed him terribly and essentially decided I would spend as much time in New Mexico as I could afford to. I flew there to see him almost every weekend between December and February. (I only work four days a week, Tuesday through Friday, at 10 hours a day, and he was working five days a week, so it was easier for me to fly there Friday evening and return Monday morning than it was for him to fly here every weekend.)

In January, on his birthday, Mike proposed, and I happily said yes. In late February, right before I went in for follow-up cosmetic surgery to remove excess skin around my abdomen (from losing so much weight), Mike moved back out here to California. We set a date for our wedding (September 25, 2005) and the rest is history -- and history waiting to be made.

And now that date has passed, and we are happier than ever, and I am married to my best friend and my soul mate and, literally, the love of my life. I know how sappy this must all sound to you, but, as I was at the Social Security office today, marriage certificate in hand, waiting to talk to a representative about changing my last name from Stone to Fisher, I started thinking about what a great story we have and how it might be nice to share with other people besides our friends and family.

-- Becky (Stone) Fisher

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