It turns out that teachers really do know best! Our story began before we even stepped foot into middle school, when my favorite fifth-grade teacher insisted that I meet her nephew, while simultaneously telling Max he needed to meet a "cute, sweet girl" from her class. Fate clearly agreed, because we ended up paired in the same homeroom with lockers right next to each other. We spent our early years inseparable, FaceTiming almost every night. Although our paths took us in different directions, we luckily reconnected during our sophomore year of college. The spark was still there, and the rest was history.