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August 8, 2020
Pensacola, Florida

Cheyanna & Derrick

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Derrick Cole Taylor

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Cheyanna Coreen Dooley

August 8, 2020

Pensacola, Florida

Our Story

In June of 2018, just a few months after Chey moved to Florida, she ended up downloading Tinder as a joke with her girlfriends. Two days after downloading the app, Derrick and Chey ended up matching! Derrick was the first to communicate and opened with a witty message comprised of Fleetwood Mac song titles- if you know Chey, you know that got her attention in a big way. Three days later, on June 17th 2018, they met and immediately hit it off. Their first date was eight hours long and the second date was over twelve! From June - October they were pretty much inseparable. Unfortunately, a few bad things happened and Chey moved back home to Kentucky full time. While they physically parted ways and the relationship ended, their minds were never far from each other. In May of 2019, Derrick messaged Chey's sister Topanga - long story short, Chey and Derrick met up for a pizza a few weeks later. Over the next couple of months, they slowly reconnected and began talking regularly. After a couple more trips to Florida, lots of FaceTime dates and eventually a trip to Kentucky in August, they *officially* began dating again. Nothing about the long distance thing has been easy for either of them but, up until the era of Covid-19, they have been overwhelmingly lucky in being able to maintain seeing each other every 2-3 weeks - we love you Allegiant! While they would continue saying tearful goodbyes in airports with 700+ miles to travel if that's what it takes to be together, that is not the goal! So, on March 2nd 2020, Derrick got down on one knee and said those four words- and of course Chey said "Yes!". The days of Face Time dates and traveling to see each other are coming to a close and they couldn't be more excited!

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