It turns out fate had been working behind the scenes for years. AJ and I both worked at Culver’s once upon a time…yet somehow, we never really met. We were always just missing each other. We were always in the same places, at the same time, surrounded by the same people but never crossed paths or even made eye contact. Life took us in different directions for a while, including a chapter where AJ moved to Texas. But as fate would have it, when he came back home in 2023, everything changed. Just two days later, we finally found each other as if the universe had been waiting for the timing to be just right. Our first date was at RedBerry in Troy, and what was supposed to be a simple night out turned into hours of laughter and conversation that went past midnight. From that moment on, we were inseparable. Today, we live right around the corner from where that first date happened. A sweet reminder that sometimes love isn’t about when you meet, but that you eventually do.