We met during Memphis in May while on Beale Street. Howard approached me while standing on Beale street and I initially made small talk with him bonding over both being from Chicago but found a way to disappear from him before he could ask for my number. On my final day in Memphis, we were back on Beale Street and my cousin noticed him and his friends and she approached them. Howard saw me again and made it his mission to not leave without my number. When we returned home, Howard was persistent in courting me and we hung out for months becoming friends before we decided to make it official. Within that first year and a half we had our daughter, Carsyn. Howard asked me to marry him on July 4,2020 at my 30th birthday and on September 11, 2021 we will say I DO to spend the rest of our lives together.