we decided on forever

Once upon a time, Erica got a job at P.F. Chang's in 2009. While employed there, a handsome young man named John caught her eye. He had the most gorgeous eyes, the most adorable smile, and a manly beard and she was immediately smitten. To this day, neither one of them remember ever talking to each other in person back then, however they did somehow manage to exchange numbers and text each other frequently. Erica moved to Tampa in 2011 and the two fell out of contact and went their separate ways. Over the course of the next 7 years, they lived their lives separately. They each experienced life, love, heartache, and parenthood which shaped them into the people they are today. Then, one October night in 2018, John was perusing Facebook and came across Erica's profile. He took a leap of faith, and sent her a message. Erica was very hesitant to respond as they had not spoke in years. She creeped on his Facebook and remembered what made her so smitten with him, so she finally responded back. Since that night, they continued to keep in touch with one another. As time went on the texts became more frequent, and soon turned into actually seeing each other in person again. The spark was instant and they continued to allow their relationship to grow. 2 years later, on May 20, 2020, John finally asked Erica to officially be his girlfriend and of course she accepted without hesitation. The two grew closer and closer as time went on and fell more and more in love as they made everlasting memories together. Erica and John decided that they wanted to come home to each other everyday, so they purchased a home and closed on June 7th 2021. John knew that he wanted to spend forever with Erica and so he proposed the following day, by painting, "Welcome home, baby! Will you marry me?" on the wall of their new living room. Erica obviously said yes and couldn't be more thrilled to spend the rest of her life with her prince charming and live happily ever after.