Hello There

Hmmm where to start? So let’s rewind almost 3 years back to August of 2015 to an apartment on Faulkner University’s campus here in Montgomery, Alabama. This is where I FIRST had my so-lovely encounter with Caleb Bearden. Which he begs to differ because he doesn’t like to remember it this way, if he remembers anything of it at all. Anyways, I was at an apartment hanging out and Caleb came to that apartment with his then roommate (Ian) and started playing video games...shocker. Well I remember wondering who he was but wasn’t too interested or that curious about him, yet. So, I ended up leaving shortly after that and I got down to the end of the stairs of the apartment complex and forgot to grab my purse on the way out, so, unfortunately, I had to go back up and grab it. In this process I had to walk across, in front of the TV, to get to my purse, while they were playing video games. I know, how dare I. Doing so, made Caleb say to me “move” and “get out of the way,” you guessed right, I did not like this dude already with out even knowing him because he was so rude to me just for walking, not even, seconds in front of the TV screen. Well, that would not be the last time I saw him, it’s Faulkner, it’s too small for that. Fast forward like a week or so, I honestly didn’t keep track of time, and I am walking across campus back to my dorm. I here someone yell my name, I turn around to see Caleb driving a red truck and a mutual friend sitting in the passenger seat yelling my name. So I go up to the truck to talk to the mutual friend and after talking to them for like a couple of minutes, Caleb says, “you done yet?” (Or something along those lines). At this point I’m really not liking this dude, from the second he opened his mouth to me, he’s been mean and rude. Somewhere after the Toga party, on campus, he became more friendly towards me.

Then from there we were hanging out with the same people, he got my Snapchat (wimp) THEN, after like weeks of snap chatting he got my number, finally. From there, it was just ups and downs of what he wanted to do and what I wanted to do, struggles, hard times, and a couple of break ups, I mean he was a freshman. Through it all I wouldn’t change how it happened because we finally got where we wanted. Then, we fast forward to February 2018 when we talked about it/thought about it, to elope. Just us two, no one else. It was so special to us, seriously. No one made it about them because no one was there. It was about us two and God and of course you had the Judge. We wanted it that way, even though people would get their feelings hurt. We told family first then close friends and then went public with it. My parents wanted to have a wedding for Caleb and I, so naturally, we didn’t turn them down. It may not be the wedding that every girl dreams of or how every girl dreams of a wedding happening but I loved/love every second of it. Eloping is one of the best choices we made as a couple, granted it’s not how most people would do it. Who cares. Now we’re having a public wedding that our family and friends can come to, and like I said before, this time it’s not all about us, it’s about our friends, family, food, timing, outfits, etc. The list is SO long!! I can’t thank everyone enough who has been there for us and continue to be, thank you. We are so excited plus stressed (just me) and can’t wait for the day to come and end...just kidding!! -Ansley

Freshman year of College I attened Faulkner University. Just another guy fresh out of highshool, I was ready to start a new chapter in my life. Little did I know that my freshman year of College would change my life. Time passed by as I was settling in and started class, meeting new friends. I was having the time of my life. Then one day while hanging out with friends driving around campus I saw the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen walking across the street. My friend in the passanger seat rolls down the window and starts to talk to her. Not knowing who she was and wanting to make a good impression, I start to act as cool as possible so she would notice me. Time goes by before I see or get to talk to her again and I really start to wish that it will happen soon. Another day passes and my friend tells me they’re having a party at they’re house, so I decide to go. On the way to the party my friend says he’s picking someone up to go with us, not knowing who it was I expected it to be one of his guy friends. Then, I see that girl again walking around the corner to get in the car with us and my gut drops. She hops into the car and I quickly say hey and tell her I remember seeing her a couple of days ago. As we get to the house where the party is at, I start chatting with her more. We started talking for a while then I found out that her name is Ansley. We laugh with each other, I crack some jokes so she would think im a funny guy, because I am. A little later on, I ask for her snap chat username, being stupid and not asking for her number first. The night ends and the next couple days we snap chat all day talking with each other more.

As time goes by and we talk more and more I started to get a feeling of love for Ansley. We started dating mid August and I loved every second of it. Now going back to the whole fresh out of highschool thing I brought some bad habbits with me. I was doing things I shouldn’t have been doing and when she found out about everything, I think she felt a little bit different about me. She tells me that its either her or my addictions and I chose my addictions. About a month goes by of being broken up and I cant stop thinking about her. Being with out her for so long and knowing that she wasn’t with me was a terrible feeling and I didn’t know who I was with out her. We finally got back together on November 14, 2015. After that we hit a rough patch and broke up again. During this time she texted me telling me how she felt and that she loved me and a little while after I told her how I really felt too because in the beginning I was too afraid. Finally, we got back together and have been together ever since. During these years we’ve become so much closer to each other and I thank God for them. Moving on to the future now. Around February, after talking about everything we decided to get eloped at the court house, which was a crazy experience. Things have been up and down since then but we’ve worked through the problems like we always have and I’m so thankful for every moment. We’ve been happily married for a few months now and I cant wait to see where our lives go from here. -Caleb