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August 24, 2024
Asheville, NC

Hector & Gabrielle

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Hector Valenzuela

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Gabrielle Rivera

August 24, 2024

Asheville, NC

Our Story

I like to say Hector "Slid into my DM'S"! Haha! Some how Instagram brought us together in September 2019. Hector saw my story and I was sharing something encouraging for people going through a hard time. He was needing some encouragement and sent me a message saying "Thank you for sharing that. I needed it" I said "You’re welcome! I'm glad it spoke to you". From there we messaged back and forth and right before my birthday I suggested we meet. I was going to the city with my mom and I figured it was a half way point since he was in Jersey. He agreed and I got all my hopes up only for him to cancel on me the day of. I was bothered but I decided the ball was in his court if he wanted to meet. Fast forward to a month of not speaking I saw his IG story on Christmas and decided to send a "Merry Christmas" message. We started talking again and decided to finally try and meet again. January 24th 2020 before the world shut down we met in Time Square and we never stopped seeing each other. We have had 4 years of creating memories, lots of laughs and some low times but that's life. There's no one we rather go through all these things with. Christmas Eve 2023 Hector with the help of my family pulled off the most beautiful surprise engagement! I cried, blacked out a little but I said yes! It was the most special moment of my life. Now we can't wait to start our forever!

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