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18 | April 2016 living For this family, living the All-American dream is possible despite the distance BY MIRIAM LANDRU Wirth It Photography by Matthew Wonderly Two New Englanders found love on the job and have now made their home in the Gates Four community in Hope Mills. Sergeant Jeremy Wirths and Dr. Erin Wirths along with their newborn daughter, Adaline, are dwelling in a modern-style home at the end of a cul-de-sac in the growing development. "We liked this house because it has a three-car garage. It's big enough to where Jeremy can have his workout equipment in there," Erin said simply. H owever, their move and current living situation in Fayetteville is not so cut and dry. "I have a subspecialty in EMS and disaster medicine. ere are very few jobs in the country and this was the only one near a military base," said Erin. Unfortunately, Jeremy is unable to get reassigned to Fort Bragg from Fort Drum, located in upstate New York. Fortunately, he only has two years le in the army and makes it a priority to come to Fayetteville at least one week- end a month. Erin and Jeremy met a decade ago while both working in the public safety sector. And as their paths crossed dur- ing changing shis, flirty comments were not exchanged, only glares. In 2011, they ended up at the same Christmas party back home in Maine aer Jeremy returned from basic train- ing. Later that week, a mutual friend re- vealed to Jeremy that Erin had a crush on him. So, first came love and then a home-run marriage. "We got married at Fenway Park," said Erin while Jeremy interjected, "Who was I to say no?" What started as a joke between Erin and her best friend ended up as reality as they did their wedding venue research and discovered the cost was comparable with most spaces in the Boston area. "We had the whole park to ourselves. We had our reception in the glassed-in clubhouse behind home plate. It was awesome!" expressed Erin. "Our newest Red Sox fan is Adaline." Aer finishing up her medical fellow- ship in Syracuse, which was a little over an hour away from Fort Drum, Erin in- terviewed at Cape Fear Valley Hospital. She got the job, so they packed up and headed south. But, they did leave a few things behind. "Aer my last deployment, we bought a 'bargain bundle' of furniture for a lit- tle less than three grand. Nothing really matched, but it was functional," said Jeremy. Needless to say, that didn't come with the Wirths to Fayetteville. In fact, all they really moved was some patio furniture and a bed. ey set out to find an experienced interior de- signer who could find them the furnish- At home with Jeremy, Erin and Adaline

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