The countdown until our forever is on.

We met on the volleyball court. My team had just lost, so we stuck around to watch Sebastian's team play. After their game ended, I congratulated them for giving it their all. He came over, hugged me, thanked me for cheering them on, and then kissed me—right there on the court! To my surprise, he didn’t kiss anyone else, and that moment stuck with me. I couldn’t stop thinking about him, so I did a little detective work, found him online, and tried to be where he was. After meeting three times, we finally went on a movie date. It took me 20 minutes to muster the courage to head back to my apartment after that night—and the rest is history.

Picture it, thanksgiving 2022. He asked my mom and sister for their blessing to marry me. After they all agreed, he wasn’t out to his family yet, and knew that the only way I would consider saying yes would be if he came out to his family. So, he planned a lunch to come out to his mom. I was so happy for him I didn’t think anything of it. It was February 2023. We were on a catamaran in Aruba with our friends. Unbeknownst to me, he had this planned out since thanksgiving of 2022. Our friend held the ring for him in his pocket while another friend started to secretly record. We were just laughing and enjoying the beautiful scenery. He knelt down on one knee behind me, kissed me, and whispered in my ear asking if I would marry him. He had said this before so I just thought he was enjoying the moment and I nonchalantly said,"Yes babe one day." Then he had to push my face down towards the open box with a ring sitting there. Time froze and my eyes watered with pure joy and happiness and I said, “Are you serious?” Followed by a very shaky, "YES!!!!"