Blanca & Miguel's Love Story
Meet Blanca and Miguel!
From Lodi, California, Blanca and Miguel come from very traditional Mexican roots, and as you can imagine, their relationship has always been focused around family, love, and God.
How did they meet?!
We are always eager to hear about how our Vowlá couples met and what about their partner caught their attention. Blanca shared that she grew up in a family that was full of baseball fans. Her entire family spent every Sunday at the baseball field, cheering for one another. That is where she met Miguel.
We know, it sounds like a movie, cute girl meets cute boy at her uncle’s baseball game, but hey! We’re here for it!
How did she know he was THE ONE?!
One Sunday, Miguel was getting ready for his baseball game. Blanca’s Uncle had a local Baseball leaugue and Miguel had recently joined the team. In Mexican culture, introductions are very important. Miguel walked around introducing himself to everyone there. Blanca says that the moment she locked eyes with Miguel she knew he was THE ONE.
Blanca shares that the thought of love at first sight is crazy. Many times people had told her the typical ‘when you know, you know’ but never believed it, until she met Miguel. There was something about him that made her feel drawn to him. The more she shared with us, the more we thought ‘Wow, love at first sight IS real’.
Moving forward, Blanca and Miguel saw each other for about a month before Miguel asked to be officially introduced to her family. Coming from a traditional Mexican family, this made Blanca nervous as it is a large step. Traditionally, Mexican families do not want to be introduced to anyone unless it is something very serious. Blanca felt that her connection with Miguel was something worth sharing to her family and so she agreed to schedule a date between her family and the two of them.
Blanca’s family took Miguel in as one of their own. Both her Dad and Miguel bonded over their love for Baseball. They can talk endlessly over Sunday games and their favorite teams. This is something that Blanca loves to see. It’s hard getting dads to like their daughter’s boyfriend but Miguel made it easy for everyone.
Blanca says this is one of the things she loves most about Miguel. Watching him talk about Baseball, something he loves and is passionate about is something she never gets tired of. She loves seeing how easy it is for him to connect with her family, and how loving he is towards her.
She shared with us one of her favorite memories of their relationship. Prior to meeting Miguel, she found it hard to comprehend how others found love so easily. She wondered who God had in store for her. There was one specific date that she felt the answer come in clearly.
Blanca and Miguel had gone on a date to a Mexican restaurant in Manteca. Blanca says, “The weather was perfect, not chilly not warm, but there was a very slight breeze”. Her shoe untied and Miguel bent down to tie it for her (okay, CUTE). When he did that, he looked up at her and smiled. That is when the wind around them begin to blow and blossoms from the trees swirled all around them. She felt this amazing energy that she can not explain and immediately knew she was receiving God’s blessing.
The two spoke about marriage often, but they decided to wait two and a half years before making it official. Once again, it was very important for them to do it in a traditional way and thus, Miguel spoke to her parents and asked for her hand in marriage. The two have received Blanca’s parent’s blessing and we are very much looking forward to their wedding.
We are eager to watch these two tie the knot, we know it will be a fairytale wedding, just like their love story. Congratulations Blanca and Miguel~