Unexpected Bliss

Love Birds flying high, Winston Ben Clements was predicted to live a life of isolation and pain due to a rare bone disorder known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI). Despite this, he has courageously and heroically taken a stand for a quality of life that knows no excuses and no limits. Lovely Mayfair shared this about her love, “I met Winston at a personal development event in London in July 2018, we were both on a path of pursuing our respective purposes and building our businesses. We became friends soon after this and it was genuinely refreshing to speak to someone who was on a similar path, even at this stage his personality and way of being inspired me. As our friendship developed, Winston proposed the idea of starting a mastermind group to support fellow entrepreneurs. This venture drew us even closer, and for the first time. I began to picture us being together. Shortly after we ran our first mastermind live event, Winston made his intentions known to me - that he saw a future for us too, and this moment marked the beginning of our romantic relationship.

Winston is one of those guys - to know Winston up close is to love him, but it was the evening after we ran our first mastermind event that I realised I was ‘in love’ with him. We spent the whole evening talking, sharing parts of our history that we’d never shared with anyone before. Shortly after this we had a phone conversation that lasted 16 hours (yep). During this chat Winston told me he was in love with me, I didn’t want to say it at time but I felt the same. We discussed getting married in the coming months, and in true Winston fashion - he eventually made it happen.

Winston is my best friend and biggest encourager. It was ultimately for a joint mission to empower people to unlock their God-given potential that I believe God joined us together but it’s our connection that makes the journey so exciting. I’m so blessed to be able to do life with someone as kind and as special as Winston.”

Wonderful Winston honestly described his condition. “My infliction, brittle bones disorder is a rare condition that affects about 1 in 20000 people, many of whom do not make it beyond their childhood years. This is because the condition causes bones to be extremely fragile and so even the impact of a fall could potentially be fatal. In my case I have suffered over 200 fractures, and spent a significant part of my life undergoing medical procedures including surgery and rehab to treat my injuries.

I was fortunate to win the “family lottery.” I’ve always felt that my family were perfectly equipped to handle the unique challenges of a child with OI. Even from a young age they provided me a strong foundation of physical and emotional support. They also always pushed me and encouraged me to think bigger, and not just settle for a limited lifestyle. I’ve also been blessed with many great friends and mentors along the way, who believed in me, and challenged me to shoot for the stars even when the odds were stacked against me.

As a Christian, my faith in God keeps me grounded and motivated and I now believe that my story was given to me as a blessing and not a burden. This motivates me to keep going because I know I have an opportunity and a responsibility to use my situation to create positive change for the next generation.

The biggest challenge with my proposal to my love Mayfair was simply keeping it a secret! The plan was for Mayfair and her family to visit my family for an introductory lunch at my parent’s home. At some point, my sister and cousin provided a distraction by taking Mayfair out of the house - I believe they went to the local store. While they were out, we decorated the space and made it look super romantic ready for me to surprise her as soon as they returned to the house.

Joy, tears, relief, wonder, delight and the presence of God are some of the things I believe we all experienced when I asked Mayfair to marry me. One of the biggest things for me was to honor not just Mayfair, but her family and friends also for raising this incredible human being who had become the love of my life.

away! It had been such a whirlwind journey for us, from the time we got together, through meeting each other’s families, and then getting married in the middle of a global pandemic – August 23/2020.

It’s safe to say that when I saw my bride coming down the aisle, the emotion hit me all at once! I guess the most overpowering emotion of them all was gratitude - to be able to have this special day, at a time like this and surrounded by all our loved ones. Click here to view the video!

Above being my best friend and the love of my life, Mayfair is my “purpose partner”. We believe that God placed us in each other’s lives as destiny helpers for one another. We believe that His purpose is to use our union to change the world for the better. My hope is that we can inspire many people from all types of backgrounds to live a life of freedom, empathy and hope.”