It's Finally Happening!

For those that know Jacob, “cheesy” would not be a word used to describe his personality. Yet, when asked about the first night we met, he replied with his first memory of us: “It was the second day of Welcome Week at IU and my friends and I were heading to a party. We were walking by some apartments when I heard Erica laughing. I looked up and saw her standing on that balcony, and something in my gut told me I just had to meet her - that somehow, she was going to be important in my life.” Fast forward through tailgates, graduations, new cities, and even a stint of long distance, it’s incredible to think that a gut feeling could be the start of something so wonderful.

Well, he had to take her back to the place where it all started! Under the guise of it being a trip for Erica's birthday, Jacob dragged her, sick with the flu, back to Indiana University’s campus. Lucky for him, she was so loopy from all the Dayquil that his excuse of taking her on a tour of the campus seemed to make sense. They were walking by Sample Gates when he asked her if she wanted to know a fun fact about IU. He stopped her and told her that they had met there 2,369 days ago. Every wonderful thing he said after that is a little fuzzy, as Erica froze when she realized what was happening. He got down on one knee, and she burst into tears.