Aja Beckham
From This couple, once incarcerated for decades, is dedicated to helping those who are either headed down the wrong path or striving to turn things around. They credit their union, in part, as the reasoning they are able to do this work. Aja Beckham /WAMU/DCist
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Lashonia Thompson-El, 48, says it was love at first sight when her now-husband, Sean Thompson-El, 56, arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport seven years ago. Ever had someone hug you so tight that they put your broken pieces back together again? says Lashonia. That s the way he hugged me when I went to pick him up at the airport for our first date.