"We've known each other for a long time. I've actually loved her for 10 years, but didn't get the courage to tell her how I felt until a couple of years ago," Peaches Ison (left) says about Lili Rhoden as they cross the street toward the van they call home in Myrtle Beach on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. "It's been a tough couple of years. We left everything we had in Kentucky to come here. We just couldn't be ourselves up there. We're a lot better off together here, but it's tough." Photo by Janet Blackmon Morgan / jblackmon@thesunnews.com JANET BLACKMON MORGAN — jblackmon@TheSunNews.com Buy Photo