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We met at a separate homeschool prom our senior year of highschool. Ethan was homeschooled and I was going to a private Christian school at the time and we did not know each other at all. Some of the guys at my school knew Ethan and they were talking him up to ask me to dance. One of them even came up to me while I was dancing with the girls and said loudly, "That guy over there," he points at Ethan in a whole group of men, "He thinks you're pretty, and he wants to dance with you." I raised my eyebrow, thinking this was a joke, and replied, "If he wants to dance with me, tell him to come over here and ask me himself!" I laughed with the girls afterwards, thinking he never would get the guts to talk to me, but I didn't know Ethan, and he proved me wrong. I was dancing with one of my other guy friends when he came up behind him and tapped on his shoulder and asked if he could have me. So there I was, dancing with a guy I never met before in my life to "All of Me" by John Legend. One of his friends snapped the picture I have below of us dancing. And before you go and tell me it was a bad idea and I should have been more careful around a stranger, he was so sweet and I think the sheer confidence he had to even ask to dance was too attractive to me. We exchanged names, but I have no idea if we actually heard each other or not. We were both so awkward. He was dancing the wrong way. He kept stepping on my toes (which is a detail I still think is adorable). I started teaching him how to do a basic waltz, but it was so loud, I kept having to shout over the music in order for him to hear me. The song ended, and I said, "We'll make a good dancer out of you yet," patting him on the back. I think I made him so nervous, he simply nodded and walked out! I laughed. I thought I'd never see him again. But I did. No one told me before, but we both went to the same church and by pure coincidence, his humongous (and I say HUMONGOUS) family sat in front of mine every Sunday and I had no idea! It was a couple of Sundays before he asked me out and got my number. We went out a couple times over the summer, but I always knew I'd be leaving for college soon and a long distance relationship at the time was looking less and less favorable for us. When we decided we weren't going to go further with things in school, he was so sweet and understanding to me. I wasn't sure I liked him at the time, but I knew I respected him more than almost anyone else and it was growing by the day. He kept up with me over my freshman year of college. He sent small and sweet little texts. He asked how my week was going every now and then, and I found him so easy to talk to. Christmas rolled around, and I was catching feelings and looking forward to his texts. We called a couple times, and I remember putting down the phone, saying out loud, "I think I'm going to marry this man." March came quickly, and we confessed that we still liked each other a lot, and we started praying together; moving towards a Christ-centered relationship. April came around, and this man worked extra long hours in Wisconsin and drove to Alabama in a short span of time to take me out to a Sam Barber concert I had tickets for! He asked me to date him that day, and I said yes. And we prayed. We've been praying ever since every day. And we've been growing a lot since then. Long distance has been hard for us (cause I still had school at the time), and it's things like distance that God puts in our relationship that brings out the things in us we need to work on. I am graduating this year (May 2026) and considering how much God has truly blessed us in this relationship, I am so excited to marry Ethan Waddy (the love of my life). Please be praying for us, for our future, for our future kids, for our faith, and for God's will to be done in our lives. May the Lord be glorified forever through us! - Aliyah Snyder