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When you meet the love of your life, some say that you “just know”. That’s exactly what happened when Amy Giberson started dating Justin Pounders. She “just knew” that he was the man she wanted to walk down the aisle with. But that all changed when she showed him an old picture of herself in preschool. What he saw in the corner of the photo completely blew his mind. The relationship was going great and marriage was inevitable. But exactly one year after their very first date, Amy and Justin made a shocking realization during a car ride. Goodfullness Goodfullness Soulmates In The Making For Amy Giberson and Justin Pounders, they simply just “knew” that the universe had made them for one another. Justin couldn’t imagine anyone else walking down the aisle towards him on his wedding day. From the moment Amy laid her eyes on him, she knew he was the man for her. One day, Amy showed her preschool class picture to Justin and he was absolutely dumbfounded with what he saw in the corner of the photo. Facebook Young Love Amy grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. During her time in preschool, she had a crush on a boy in her class. Their relationship with each other was built by playing with building blocks and having lunch dates in the schoolyard. To this day, Amy’s preschool teacher remembers the love that the two had together. abcnews.go.com Playground Crush Amy’s teacher actually ran Sunshine Preschool, and when interviewed, she told PEOPLE magazine, “They had a blast with each other. It was a quiet, bashful romance. They liked each other from afar, it was a young love, like a sweet crush.” abcnews.go.com Going Separate Ways From the start, their love was doomed to only be short-lived because of their age. After graduating kindergarten Amy and her young love went their separate ways. Amy moved away and as she grew up and went to college, the memories of her 3-year-old crush faded away. dailymail.co.uk History Of Broken Relationships Amy's romantic life was never perfect. She never felt she reached the height of connection she had with her preschool love. She was hurt often and, according to her friends, always wore her heart on her sleeve. True love for Amy seemed to be something only others had. yperactivz.com Too Trusting And Loving Amy told Cosmopolitan magazine in 2016, “People would tell me, ‘Don’t be so open, Amy. Don’t trust so easily.’ But if I stopped doing that, it wouldn’t be me. It’s just absolutely nuts that I was the tragically misguided girl who was always let down.” Facebook Single And Ready To Mingle At the age of 32, Amy was still single and decided to move back to her hometown of St. Petersburg. She had hopes of finding the right guy and settling down. One day she randomly thought she would try the dating pool in St. Petersburg and that’s when her profile caught the eye of local Justin Pounders. sportingz.com Tragic Past Justin’s love life had been far from perfect as well. In 2012, his fiancé was tragically murdered on the same night that they were moving in together. She had actually been out with her roommate celebrating moving out. This is when the horrific crime was committed. dailymail.co.uk The Right Time Years later, Justin finally felt that he was ready to move on from the tragic loss of his girlfriend. He moved back to St. Petersburg and like Amy, placed a dating profile online. When he saw Amy’s profile, he instantly felt a connection and he messaged her. dailymail.co.uk Perfect Connection According to Justin, when he first saw Amy’s profile he was instantly drawn to her. He loved her energy and spark for life and just knew he had to get to know her. They arranged their first date together and they were both so excited to see the possibilities. Facebook The First Date To Remember The pair met at a restaurant in December 2014 for their first date. Amy was instantly attracted to Justin felt like she had known him her whole life. The waiter must have picked up on their connection because he even marked the date on their dessert plate. Facebook Love At First Sight After their first date, they began to meet up every day as the love between them quickly took over. Amy knew from their very first dinner that she was going to have dinner with Justin for the rest of her life. ntd.tv Shock Of A Lifetime After dating for months, Justin mentioned one day that he always liked the name Amy because it reminded him of his first crush in preschool. It was then that Amy began to notice Justin touching a scar on his forehead, which he revealed he got when he cut his head open on monkey bars at preschool. The remaining pieces started clicking into place. Amy and Justin realized that they both attended Sunshine Preschool 30 years earlier. Amy immediately called her mother and asked for pictures from her days in preschool and what she found was shocking. The crush both of them had had so many years ago, was on each other! sportingz.com Happily Ever After On November 2016, the couple married in St. Petersburg in a fairytale wedding. They have a beautiful love story that was 30 years in the making! Daily Mail Credits: worldlifestyle.com