"We knew of each other for the majority of our later years growing up from late middle school into high school. We were mutual admirers of each others interests, aspirations, and accomplishments." - Jeremy "We actually went on one date in early high school. I was a Sophomore or Junior, he was a year below me. We saw Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 at Santiko's together. He'd held my hand and kissed me on the cheek, but we fizzled out in shyness thinking things were best if we were mutual admirers, and went our own paths. Somewhere along the timeline in high school, I remember messaging Jeremy while he was going through health battles with a bold statement of "If I was your girlfriend, I'd be the best person to take care of you!" It's so cute to think I was foreshadowing the care and love I have for him as his now future wife." - Alyssa "Later down the road in college during the pandemic, we rekindled conversation and caught up on whereabouts. We met in person for the first time in years again, and it was so fun to see someone so lit up about not only what their goals were and following through with them, but also in genuine interest for mine and how I was going to get that done. I think that was the true spark in seeing how special of a soul Alyssa was to me early on in our early era. As we dated from the pandemic on, so much has been grown and built upon with mutual support and love from each other that it became apparent to me that I couldn't see my life without Alyssa being my forever person in it." - Jeremy