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Tell us about your family.
Robin - 47, likes to be called “Rob” and is an offshore oil worker. He
loves working on his truck, and fishing. He did a lot of drawing and
made figurines as a hobby before the kids.
Sherika - 44, I am a registered nurse. I enjoy watching new food
recipes on social media, quiet time, and reading inspirational books
when I get a chance. We will be celebrating 15 years of marriage in
August. We have two kids. Jaiden, 7, and Nekia, 5. Jaiden enjoys
playing drums, and Nekia enjoys ballet. They both enjoy going to the
Mississippi Children’s Museum, Happy Land, and parks.
How did you meet and how long have you been married?
We attended rivalry schools in Columbia, Mississippi. We met in the
summer of 1995. I took drivers education at his school and we became
real good friends. We lost contact after I left for college to attend
Jackson State University in 1997. He reached out to my grandmother
in 2006, and she received permission from me to give him my phone
number. He contacted me during his hitch offshore and when he
came home, he attended my high school’s 2006 football championship
game that was being played in Jackson. We met up, dated, and
went through a year of premarital counseling. He proposed to me at
Disney World Dec. 21, 2007, and we married 8-8-2008 on a Friday.
Two weeks later, we found that my great-grandparents married on
the same date in 1925 which was so special.
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