The first time we spoke was during pandemic. Thank you God for that pandemic. Val messaged me on IG after seeing me juggle a toilet paper roll like it was a soccer ball. That was the start of a beautiful friendship & soon, without me knowing, would become the start of our forever. Months later, Val invited Isaac & I to a youth revival event at her local church in Aiken, SC. This is where it all started to come together & our friendship would begin to transition to a relationship. Isaac and I arrived in SC on November 19, 2020. Now, on Friday November 20, 2020, the youth group & guest preacher, took a trip down to Hopeland Gardens. We walked all around, enjoying the beauty of nature & great companionship. While I was speaking to my friend Esther Vazquez, I was reminded on the importance of choosing the right person to be by your side. Esther spoke about the importance of being able to feel yourself & accepted for who you are. That person for me, up until that point, was Valeria. After the revival had ended that weekend, I decided to extend my trip in order to go down to Florida to visit Jonathan & Esther. Sadly, during that thanksgiving weekend, Val & I got infected by covid, so we decided to cancel that trip. Thanks to Covid, my trip was extended even more, being that I could not travel back to California. A trip that was planned for 2 weeks, ended up being a month and a couple days. That month, the friendship Val & I had became closer and while watching a movie on a Friday night, I jokingly asked her out on a date, to which she replied with, "Sure". Boy, let me tell you that was nerve wrecking! Well, that Sunday we went on our first date to see the Christmas lights at a zoo. During that date, we held hands, walked around seeing all the beautiful lights but my focus was simply on her & her smile. When the night was ending, I asked her to be my GF, and as she said yes, I knew 100% that she was, is and always will be, The One.