Mine and Paul’s families met through church in 2001. Our parents bonded over shared interests and had kids that were similar ages. Paul and his twin brother, Andrew, were best friends with my brother, Ethan, and I was best friends with Paul’s older sister, Sarah. For the majority of my life, I knew Paul as nothing more than just one of the Stokes boys. It wasn’t until our families reconnected after several years apart, that Paul and I were reintroduced into each other's lives. In April of this past year, Paul and I had - what was more likely than not - our first ever one-on-one conversation. We had started to see more and more of each other at social events and it was becoming apparent that there was something there. Just before Easter, I texted Brooke, Paul’s sister-in-law, and did a little bit of scheming to plan a group hang out with Paul and some of our family and friends. We met up in College Station, hung out the whole weekend, and the rest is history!