James and I met online. This hard-working, loud and bubbly guy from Philadelphia, PA asked me on a date. After five days of chatted, we joined one another for our first date. Our first date was on Friday, June 3, 2016. From that day forward, we did not go a day without speaking. Two and a half months later on August 30, 2016, James moved to Raleigh, NC to take a position through his job to be closer to me. We started our lives together. We found out we were pregnant with our daughter on May 16, 2017. I gave birth to our daughter, Ava on January 4, 2018. I couldn’t be more happy how God placed James in my life. I’m so blessed and even more excited to be spending the rest of our lives together as one. This is how a northerner met his southern gal.