The Fall of 2017 was when my fiancée and I began our journey together. A mutual family friend had introduced us to each other, we both live in different states and wanted to learn about each other before we meet. Once we began talking, our conversations were seamless as we share similar ideas and beliefs. Our discussions were very sincere, laced with lots of humor and we enjoyed a special rapport. By now, we were really looking forward to meeting. Incidentally, Corpus Christi, TX experienced the infamous hurricane Harvey. The aftermaths of the hurricane delayed my intended trip but only for a little while and, I flew to Springfield, Illinois on the 16th of September 2017. It turned out that Phyllis had an emergency at work, and was unable to pick me from the airport as we had planned, so I took an Uber ride to my hotel. I remember the driver was really pleasant. Interestingly, he chose to talk about how he met his wife, and how his decision to marry her had turned out to be the best he ever took! Coincidence or not, his story stood out to me, and his face stuck in my mind till this day. Phyllis and I eventually met much later that evening and at once I had the strongest feeling of being with someone I had known for a very long time. This visit was going to become the first of many I would be making to Springfield. My trip was short but eventful and we enjoyed doing simple things together. We visited the Lincoln home, Museum, the park and saw our first movie together. I returned to Corpus Christi a few days later, and as the cliche goes, the rest is history. After a series of back and forth visits to Springfield, I proposed to my fiancee on the 16th of February 2018, and by God's abundant grace, we are about to get married in July 2019. It has been almost 2 years of a wonderful friendship built on genuine love, mutual understanding, trust and exceptional sacrifice. With God by our side, we intend to continue our blessed journey into matrimony.