Our Wedding

As many of you already know, we met online - we are a Hinge story (sorry mom)! We started talking in December of 2021 - he's just moved to Calgary from Ontario, and I've been home for a few weeks for Christmas break. Despite this now mundane way of dating, there was something special, providential even, with how we met. The timeline was messy, the connection hasty, the chances low. Though when our paths finally crossed, I think it just made sense. There was something different with him - it was like we've known each other for years. I don't remember much of what we were talking about, but it was just all the time. As the days went by leading up to our first date, I think we were both nervous. He walked up to my door and rang the bell. We had a DQ blizzard. We drove around, telling stories, talking about our families, sharing our passions and what drives us. Then, he dropped me off home. I left him in the car smiling; I walked through the door the same. Little did I know it was in that moment that our story begins, but he was already so sure back then. I had to return for my winter semester in Fredericton, and so he asked me to be his girlfriend (after only 7 days!) - and I said yes! Before I left, he met my parents and I met his. I flew back and we then spent the next few months virtually, getting to know more about each other, growing our relationship. While we spent the summer together, we had another year long-distance. It was hard, but we would say it brought us closer to each other. All those morning texts and late night facetime calls would all be worth it for when we would finally reunite back home. *Engagement Story* While we sometimes wish that we connected through more organic ways, we cannot be more grateful for the ways in which God brought us together. Through our differences, we learn; from our similarities, we unite. We love each other for who we once were, who we are now, and how we're going to grow together. We can't wait to spend the rest of our lives side by side, filling it with more moments of warmth, love, and laughter.

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I think no matter where we were, what we were celebrating, or what challenges we were facing, deep down I knew that it was going to be us. Him and I against the world. I'm always overthinking, but this decision, while mine and mine alone, still felt like the world whispered to me - here you go, this is for you, he is for you, God's answer to your prayers. With every day of the relationship, there was this unwavering comfort and peace. I think that's why it's him, it always was and it always will be.