Julia and Skye grew up together in Upstate New York. Their families participated in the same homeschool group, so they were thrown together often, from playing soccer together for the Truthville Trojans, to reading each others' work in English co-ops, to co-leading the local teen prayer group. From the beginning of high school onwards, it was a generally acknowledged fact that Skye had a thing for Julia...but it was a veritable secret that she felt the same way about him. They both went to college without anything having developed, and spent the next two years apart, busy with their studies and their jobs. In the summer of 2021, they saw each other at a mutual friend's wedding and both realized that their feelings for each other had neither gone away nor changed. When Julia went back to college that fall, she couldn't stop thinking about Skye, so she did the last thing anyone (including herself!) expected: she found the only means she had of contacting him, and sent him an email. That email became the first of many sent back and forth to each other, and culminated in their first date during Thanksgiving break of 2021. They dated mainly long-distance for the next two years, seeing each other only on school breaks. In December of 2023, however, they both came home to Upstate New York for good, where Skye popped the question and Julia said yes. They both look forward to where God is leading them in this journey together, and pray that their marriage will bring glory to His name.