Both from coastal Virginia, we spent much of our adolescence growing up around each other, sharing mutual friends and crossing paths at high school parties and during college breaks. For years, we were just acquaintances—familiar faces in the same crowd. But in 2020, the global pandemic brought us both back home to Virginia Beach. With nowhere else to be, we spent that summer on the sand, reconnecting—not just as old friends, but as something much more. The rest is history - we moved to Richmond together, starting our lives as a couple. Our love grew stronger and with the addition of our adored Golden Retriever, Booker, we became a family we knew were meant to spend the rest of our lives together as one.