Our story didn’t begin with grand gestures or the perfect date. It started quietly…. with long conversations, admiration, shared values, and a great many miles between us. Job and I met in December of 2020 on a rather obscure social media/chat app. (We’ve met only two others who’ve heard of it. ) Over the next few weeks, we quickly got to know one another and bonded over various large and small topics. We saw pieces of ourselves in each other that drew us together. After six months we decided to be exclusive. We committed to wait for each other until we could meet in person. Our friendship then moved to Xbox. Yup. Xbox. Neither of us had phones, and for two whole years our relationship looked like Xbox parties, and gaming together. Don’t let that make you question the quality of those chats however…. We spent long hours vulnerably discussing life experiences, both good and bad. We discussed politics and religion—or, more accurately, we frequently debated our differing religious beliefs. We were both too passionate about Truth to do otherwise! Today, Job says that Scott Hahn put it best when he said: “I was trying to convert Catholics to what I thought was biblical Christianity. Instead, I discovered that the Bible made more sense in the light of Catholic tradition.” We discussed lifestyle preferences, our thoughts on different parenting styles, our views on contraceptives and openness to life, our fondness for homeschooling, our desire to have many children, and how we would—and wouldn’t—like to discipline them… We talked about it all! We dreamt up our future during that time. In June of 2023, I moved to Virginia to be closer to Job. In July, we met in person for the first time. Being together felt easy and familiar, like spending time with my best friend—because that’s exactly what it was! Then it was weekend road trips, the big move to Wisconsin, and long distance was no more! In 2025 Job became a Byzantine Catholic, in spring, I got my ring, 💍 and now- the best is yet to come!! Although our manner of meeting brought along with it many challenges- ridicule, scoffing, tearful nights wondering if long distance would ever end, the family discourse, and all- We would do it all over again to be where we are today!! "He has made everything beautiful in its time."