Ryan and I met when Ryan applied to be my floor partner RA in college. Ryan and I both returned to MSUB the next year as RAs in the same building. From then on we became very close friends that were always getting in trouble. By the end of the year our friendship had blossomed into a romantic relationship!

Christmas has always been a staple holiday in my family growing up. Christmas of 2017 was looking to be a very difficult one as my grandmother had passed earlier in the year. She was the matriarch of the family that always made Christmas a very big event for the family. Ryan knew how important Christmas was to our family and wanted to make sure that there was still a reason to celebrate. He did so well hiding it that I had no idea it was coming. It took Ryan helping me open the package to realize I wasn't getting a watch.