We met at a popular bar in our town. We started chatting, had a few drinks together and went home. Coenie offered to buy Cherylee KFC at 2 in the morning but settled on coffee the next morning on Campus instead. 2 days later he invited her over to where he was staying, made her a sandwich and their memories together started. Coenie used to leave Cherylee little notes on her car at campus and Cherylee would surprise Coenie with visits inbetween classes. 5 years later with 3 years of long distance- 1 year of dating between 2 countries turned into them being in the same country and same time zone. Had the privilege to see Boston,Huron and Chicago together. Made some new friends who started to feel like family, and started dreaming of our future together a little bit more with every day passing.
In January of 2020, Coenie took the big step to ask Cherylee's mom if he could marry Cherylee over a nice casual dinner. Many months of planning, 2 ring disasters and a trip to Huron over 4th Of July weekend, Coenie asked Cherylee if She would marry him, infront of the most beautifull sunset on the 4th of July.