THE TOUCHING story of love between Borris Dixon and his wife Sharnette is one to remember. The couple met 10 years ago when Dixon, then 20, dialled the wrong telephone number, only to reach his future wife who was only 12 years old at the time.
Their two-hour conversation came to an abrupt end when he asked her age. "I told her she was a juvenile, so later," he recalled one day last week. Still, their long phone conversation had revealed that they both live in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, but had never met.
The next day they introduced themselves in person but didn't meet or speak afterwards for another four years, 1997, when Dixon was standing at a taxi stand with some friends. He remembered a girl, who "more than caught his eyes", walking by. "The first thing that I noticed about her was her navel and I was like 'Wow who is that?'"
Encouraged by his friends, he finally worked up the courage to talk to her.
The two exchanged telephone numbers, but it took several days before they realised that they had already met.
Months after getting reacquainted, the two sealed their relationship and became an official couple. "I had to see her every day, rain or shine, I just had to see her."
That was in 1998, and things have not changed. The couple has a three-year-old daughter who was the flower girl at their wedding on April 19.
The ceremony was held at the Morant Bay Church of Christ, Morant Bay, St. Thomas, followed by a reception at the Morant Villas attended by 215 guests. Officiating minister was Pastor Paul Edwards.
The newly-wed Dixon admits that he can't listen to soul music without thinking about his wife, and when he does, tears come to his eyes.
"I just can't imagine life without her."
- Kinisha O'Neill, Staff Reporter
