Our Story

About the  Bride

Shatavia Alexander

Date of Birth: May 

Parents: Sidney Hill and Carl Hill

Siblings: Kayla  Alexander, Brey Alexander,

Carl Lamont Hill II and Octavian Tyresse Hill

High School: East Literature Magnet High School 2006

College: Trevecca Nazarene University Information Technology 2006-2008
Nossi College of Art; Associates Degree in Graphic Art and Design 2010

                 Nossi College of Art; Bachelors Degree in Graphic Art and Design 2011
                  shataviaalexander.blogspot.com

About the Groom

Mateen Sidiq

Date of Birth: July

Parents: Elizabeth Sidiq and Farhad Sidiq

High School: East Literature Magnet High School 2006

College: Austin Peay State University; Bachelors in Human Health and Performance in Education 2011
mateensidiq.blogspot.com

Letters from the Bride and Groom


Dear Guest,

Shatavia and I meet in high school. I never knew that we would be dating someday. We had a great friendship during high school and still do today. We played soccer together, and STLT (Student Technology Leadership Team). I got to know her better as a friend during those long days working on the website and it gave us an opportunity to bond.

The STLT crew was like a family and there were several of us but my friendship with Shatavia continued to grow. When graduation came along and I decided not to date for a while and just be single. Until one day it was Shatavia's birthday and I asked her if she would go to a soccer game with me but only as friends. On that faithful day something clicked and I just knew that I could see myself dating her. She liked the same things I did. I loved how she was quiet around people and I was the one that was always was talking. It was our friendship that we have shared together over the last 8 years that created a strong chemistry 

between us.

I didn't know how she felt but I definitely had feelings for this amazing girl. Well, we decided to go eat at Beyond the Edge because it was our favorite place to eat. Shatavia noticed that I was a little nervous and she kept on asking if I was OK and I said yes. I had a lot on my mind and she was OK. But what I had on my mind was will she say yes for us to start dating. I didn't think I could have taken the rejection but I would have understood. Well I asked her and she of course said yes, and then I was back to my cheerful self and no worries of any kind.  Later she asks me is that what was bothering me and of course I had to say yes. All this happened on March 8TH, 2007 and since then we have been going strong.

By Mateen Sidiq

Dear Guest, 


Our relationship has improved my life for the better. I was extremely shy in high school had a few close friends and I actually preferred it that way. I was not the most outgoing person. As for Mateen he has always been so outgoing and easy to like.

Our senior year we became best friends we spent a lot of time hanging out and getting to know one another. After we graduated from high school our friendship grew stronger and it was hard for me to only see him as a friend. I wanted more. I wasn't sure how he felt. So I decided not to act on my feelings because I did not want to ruin our friendship. It was hard because he was in Clarksville going to Austin Peay State University and at the time I was attending Trevecca Nazarene University and we couldn't spend as much time together as we wanted to. All we had were holidays and school breaks.


So we spent our first semester of college as just friends, but our second semester of college that faithful Spring Break 2007 Mateen Sidiq nervously asked me to be his girlfriend. Of course I said "Yes". I was surprised and happy at the same time. Being in college at the time and being in a serious relationship was difficult for us. Going to different schools in other cities didn't make our relationship easy, but it made us stronger.


Now almost nine years later (on March 2016) we are still together but ENGAGED! Since our engagement we have grown so much closer. Mateen and I will be together for nine years before we get married. I am so excited and thrilled to know I will be spending the rest of my life with my best friend. I told myself as a child that I would marry someone like Mateen, respectful, caring, sincere, compassionate, understanding, honest, and funny. Also stubborn, which I love sometimes.


by Shatavia Alexander