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Love and Marriage mini series- The Abrams

Meet Shamar and Meoshia Abrams

Tell us your love story! (Include a picture of you two THEN and NOW)

Shamar and I met on the campus of UAB in the summer of 2001. I was an ambitious 18 year old ready to start my life away from home. Shamar played football for UAB and was enrolled in the summer term when we met. I saw Shamar in passing, however we never spoke to each other, until one day he followed me up the steps to my dorm room. Knowing I was being followed I hastily ran to my dorm door. Just as I reached for the door knob Shamar said, "Hey there, what's your name?" I nervously answered and said, "Meoshia." Shamar then asked me for my phone number, as I was stalling trying to decide if I should give him my number or not my then roommate yelled from inside, "Give him the correct number" Lol. So I gave him my number hoping that he wouldn't use it. I was only in summer school at UAB and therefore, I wasn't interested in engaging into a relationship that would have to end abruptly. Several days went by and Shamar tried to contact me via phone, however I ignored all his calls. Shamar became persistent in his endeavors to reach me. He started to send me roses weekly in an effort to get me to return his phone calls. The roses were so beautiful, I would take them to my grandmother because she loved them so dearly. After three weeks of fresh beautiful long stemmed red roses my grandmother encouraged me to go on a date with Shamar even though she had never met him. I was extremely reluctant to go on a date with this stranger and I made my roommate accompany me on my first date with Shamar. He was such a gentlemen, he didn't mind it at all, and he even paid for my friend’s movie ticket. It was like we were on a triple date. Hahaha! After the movie was over my friend encouraged me to have him drop her back off at the dorm so that we could go eat dinner alone. In that moment Shamar got his wish to take me on a date, just the two of us. While at dinner we got to know each other a little better. Ironically we ordered the same dish, and found out we had so many things in common. That night was the beginning of a friendship that has lasted longer than I could have ever imagined. Weeks went by and then a month in and it was time for me to transfer to the University of Alabama where I would start my college career. A few days before I left for the University of Alabama Shamar contacted me and said he needed to talk to me. While telling me he cared for me he gave me a promise ring and asked me to promise to never forget him. In that moment I knew Shamar and I had something special. We both completed college at our respective institutions while fostering a long distance relationship. We both became members of elite organizations, myself Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated and himself Omega Si Phi Fraternity Incorporated. Although very challenging we remained faithful to each other. We knew we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together but we also had career goals we each wanted to focus on. We vowed we would focus on marriage after obtaining our masters degrees. Four months after I graduated from the University of Alabama with my master’s degree in social work, Shamar surprised me and asked me to be his wife and spend the rest of my life with him. With tears flowing I said, "YES." On August 18th 2007 our commitment to each other became official.