We met in a class we had together both of our sophomore years in college at Lenoir-Rhyne University. For the whole fall semester we passed by each other. Kyra noticed Joel across the room as the one who was always wearing his covid mask and football slides. Joel noticed Kyra earlier in the class texting his mom about her telling her about her. We never spoke to one another until right before the semester ended and we found each other online. Joel messaged Kyra first and the story leads from there. One date lead to many more and the rest leads up to the beautiful place we are now. Our anniversary is January 23rd, 2022 so we saw it only fitting to put our wedding date on July 23rd, 2026 to follow tradition :)