We met through a mutual friend, Tamika. She introduced us to each other at Coach Powers house in 2003. It was there that our eyes first met and we made a connection. Soon after our introduction, Tamika would ask me to ride along with her to various places where DJ would just "happen" to be there at the same time. Eventually during one of these pop ups we exchanged numbers and began to talked over the phone. After about 9 months of courting, I mean real courting. We decided to date exclusively on June 1st.

We were in Albany, GA with DJ's family, where we typically celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Every year the family gathers outside to take a family photo. Everyone gets close together and takes the picture. Well this time, right before everyone starts to go back inside the house, DJ pulls me to the forefront, gets down one knee with a beautiful ring (picked out by his mother and aunt) in hand, tells me he wants to spend the rest of his life with me and asks me to marry him!