{"id":14214,"date":"2021-05-13T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/?p=14214"},"modified":"2021-05-13T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T15:30:00","slug":"love-grows-against-all-odds-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/2021\/05\/13\/love-grows-against-all-odds-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Love grows against all odds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever seen a dandelion grow in the snow? Somehow that little yellow flower finds the sunlight and spreads its petals to the sky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes love can be that way too; determined, head-on, with no regard for obstacles. This, in fact, is the story of how Patty and Geo Perez’s love came to flourish during a global pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They met in 2019 during their Customer Services Agent training at Envoy Headquarters in Irving, TX. Since they didn’t work in the same city, they sparked up a long-distance relationship between Killeen, Texas (GRK) and Alexandria, La. (AEX).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the next two years, they would face a number of devastating hardships that would have ruined any good relationship. First, it was the start of the global pandemic, then Hurricane Laura in July, and finally a once-in-a-lifetime winter storm in February of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a miracle that these two weathered so many storms, and finally tied the knot earlier this month in Overton, Nev. Read the Q&A below from Geo and Patty as they recount how they met, what keeps them together and what advice they have for couples navigating hardships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Geo and Patty Perez married in Overton, Nev. wearing their safety vests. (Photo courtesy of Patty Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Why did you want to join Envoy and the airline industry?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patty: I wanted to try and learn something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geo: When I moved from Puerto Rico to Texas, I already had friends that worked in the airline industry and it always seemed like an interesting profession. So it pretty much fell into place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is your favorite part about your job?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patty: Everyday is different. And of course working with aircraft everyday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geo: Working with planes and the ground equipment is always fun. The perks that come with the job, like free travel privileges, are a plus, but its working hands-on with these amazing machines that make my job fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patty (left) and Geo (right) Perez in Alexandria, La. (AEX) dressed in Halloween costumes on the ramp. (Photo courtesy of Patty Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is your favorite part about working together?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patty: I love Geo’s great work ethic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geo: Seeing Patty excel in this career and seeing her happy doing so is my favorite part of working with her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was it love at first sight, or did it take some warming up?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geo: It took a little bit of warming up, after all at the time I wasn’t looking for a relationship, so a friendship kind of turned into something else. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patty and Geo Perez married in Overton, Nev. (Photo courtesy of Patty Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is it about your relationship that got you all through a tumultuous year that started with a pandemic and resulted in a marriage?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patty: His favorite word, patience. The one thing the past year taught us is that life is fragile and very short. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geo: We needed a little bit of patience and perseverance on both our halves. She’s a bit more used to getting things done rather quickly, while I tend to mull things over a bit when it comes to life changes. It definitely was something we both had talked about and wanted, so the determination was there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What advice can you give to couples who face those kinds of adversities?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patty: Don’t give up. Everything will work out in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geo: Follow your intuition. If it’s something you want, then pursue it. It may take a little to step out of your comfort zone and it may be challenging at first, but the reward at the end will be worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever seen a dandelion grow in the snow? Somehow that little yellow flower finds the sunlight and spreads its petals to the sky. Sometimes love can be that way too; determined, head-on, with no regard for obstacles. This, in fact, is the story of how Patty and Geo Perez’s love came to flourish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":41890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[666,51,155],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}