We're Getting Married!

Our love story, Khegans Perspective There is a poem that has stuck in the back of my head, throughout my journey with Kailynn. It goes, "I didn't fall in love with you. I walked into love with you, with my eyes wide open, choosing to take every step along the way. I do believe in fate and destiny, but I also believe we are only fated to do the things that we'd choose anyway. And I'd choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I'd find you and I'd choose you." What can I say about us falling for each other when we first met it was kinetic, spontaneous. The moment she walked through that door at work, hair wet from snow, her nervous smile, and her drop dead gorgeous eyes. I thought there is no way she can get any more attractive then she is right now, then she opened her mouth and she sounded like an angel. Though it was an awkward first encounter(probably, no most definitely my fault). After that day she stayed in my mind all the time. The next thing I knew she was working with me, we slowly but surely started to get to know each other, got each others numbers and we would text all night until 2-3 am. Then get up 6 hours later and see each other at work. I was falling more and more for this girl I’ve known for maybe 8 weeks. But it was the best thing that had happened to me, and I loved every second of it. First date was a lunch date to Costa Vida, of course I fumbled, ended up tripping with my drink and me and the drink ended up on the floor. First kiss was in her little convertible mustang in front of a Hobby Lobby. Her lips felt like home, a feeling I was searching for and I didn’t even know. Pretty much every weekend we were doing stuff, whether that was going on a road trip down to Salt Lake City, or going on a hike in Pocatello. We were together that was all that mattered. All I wanted to do was make her smile, her smile melted me on the spot, still does. And then finally a couple months later we started dating. In those short 8 months of us knowing each other, I felt like I had known her my whole life. I need this woman in my life forever no matter what it took. We were officially dating for about 1 week before I had to move, however that did not change the fact that we were madly in love with each other. Calling almost every night combined with seeing each other about once a month was of course not ideal. But we knew that we were playing the long game, so we made the absolute best of it that we could. One of my most touching memories I have during this time, was when I trying to secure a very specific contract with the military but I got disqualified due to a technicality really. But when she heard the news she immediately hopped into her car and drove the 2 1/2 hours to surprise me. I could ask for no better partner to go thru life with and to be in love with. I eventually moved back to my parents briefly before shipping off to the military. We then had 6 months of old school letter writing to each other while I was in a training environment I wasn’t allowed to have my phone in. And every letter I got during that time was a treasured item. If I was having a bad day, I would read or re-read one of her letters. She made me feel so loved even though we could only talk about an hour a week. She has been my rock since I met her. Every day I have thanked my savior for putting such a perfect woman into my life. Then that fateful day of proposing came, and I got on my knee and asked her to make that jump with me, she didn’t even hesitate to say yes. This year of 2024 has been full of highs and lows for us, out of the 365 days we will have seen each other for a total of 27 days. And yet somehow we have become closer, deeper in love with each other, and more in-tuned to one another’s feelings and emotions. Even though this year has been a very difficult year for us there is no one on this earth I would have rather gone through this year with than her.