Erin's version :) We met back in 2016 and stayed friends for years. We lost touch for a year or so and reconnected when my brother moved out to the Toledo area (where Jake was living) and we rekindled our friendship. It was a couple years of traveling back and forth to and from Toledo area to Amherst, spending all major holidays together, and taking backpacking trips before we both started thinking and praying about dating. Before long, we decided to pursue a relationship and as I spent my day to day with him watching him grow in his relationship with Christ and seeing the amazing ways in which he showed his love toward me, I knew before too long that he was the man I wanted to spend my life with. Jake's Version: I met Erin in 2016 and our friendship began as if I had always known her - we clicked instantly. Our friendship fizzled after I had moved to Toledo, but was rekindled years later once she started coming into town to see her brother. We picked up exactly where we had left it - as if we had been friends our whole life. Honestly, it was not long before I realized I was in deep - ready to love and care for her for the rest of my life.