I met Stuart when I joined his high school in the middle of our junior year. Our friendship was casual at first, but it quickly became clear that our friendship was something special.

We started dating our freshman year of college. Most people don't get to marry their high school sweetheart, and it's been a joy to be able to go through college and grow up together. We've been together since high school, and we'll get married the day after college graduation.

Stuart surprised me by proposing early! Exactly 1,000 days after we started dating, Stuart proposed to me with his great-grandmother's gorgeous ring.