We met at TCU, but the funny thing is that we can't pin point the exact time that we met. Between church and extracurricular, we ran in the same circles, but we didn't really get to know each other until sophomore year when we both served on the leadership board for a Christian retreat at TCU. After that, we had both developed an affinity for one another, but neither of us did anything about it. Right before senior year began, due to a twitter conversation about tacos and pizza, we made plans to go to Melis Taqueria on a Saturday night, but just as friends. The night led to us going out to drinks and dancing with some friends and getting to spend more time together. The feelings grew stronger, but they were still unspoken, so over the next couple of weeks we just spent time as friends -- group hangouts, texts and tweets, and saying hello around campus. Around this time, Justin had been looking for someone to attend a Leon Bridges concert with him. He had an extra ticket and had tweeted out to see if anyone else liked his music. Of course I responded, but that was it. I was so hoping that he would ask me to go with him, but I played it cool. However, on Saturday night, the night before the concert, he texted me and asked me to go with him to the concert, and I was so excited. Sunday rolled around, and Justin picked me up and we headed to Dallas for the concert. We had the best time, but I think we both wondering, "Is this a date?" He paid, he drove, and we even got dessert afterwards (he paid), but still, neither of us had verbalized our major crushes on one another. It was definitely the elephant in the room. Thankfully, a week later, on September 25, 2016, Justin knocked on my door at 10pm to let me know that he was interested in dating me and pursuing me, and I played it cool, but on the inside I was saying THANK YOU JESUS! We started dating and the rest is history!

I've known for a while that I wanted to spend the rest of my life loving Faith. I know how important Family is to us, so the first thing I did was make sure I had her Father's blessing, and that our families were all able to come out and celebrate with us. Next, since we have friends all over the world who wouldn't be able to be there, I wanted to incorporate them somehow too. I asked about 20 of our friends to make some kind of art that celebrates Faith & I's love. I was overwhelmed by everything our loved ones sent in! From songs, ceramics, paintings, and even a 3D printing, I amassed a collection of beautiful art to share with her on our special night. On the day of, I told her we were headed to Fort Worth for a friends theater opening. The fact that we were going back to Fort Worth where we had met had her especially on edge. She called her sister and friends about what outfit to wear thinking tonight could be the night! She got dolled up and when I knocked on the door to pick her up she was shocked to see me wearing a yellow Star Wars T-Shirt. She was let down and we didn't talk for the first 15 minutes of the ride... but I apologized for not meeting her expectations and I told her that we would still have a fun night regardless! We made it to a cute little house where the party was supposed to be. There were movie props and a welcome sign my friends had put out front to keep the illusion going.When I opened the door and she saw the candles, pictures of us, and heard our song, she finally knew what was going on. We spent nearly an hour walking through the house looking at all the art that our friends had sent in, crying together at each piece. In the last room there was a video I had made for her, and a bunch of our photos and keepsakes. Every expectation I had for that night was exceeded, and I wanted to dwell in that moment with her forever.I am so looking forward to a lifetime more of these moments with Faith as my wife!