His POV: At first glance, I wasn't ready to be yours. Your light was too bright for the darkness I was in... Kyah initially came into my life at an awkward time for me. I was hurting but didn't want to heal, and she came with so much light and energy ( and a silver tongue). It was easy to recognize how genuine she was, but it became apparent that I was not what she needed. I had to realize that I needed to be honest with myself and not present that version of myself to one of Jehovah's daughters, let alone court her. We went our separate ways and still I wasn't allowing myself to heal, until one faithful day at the top of El Yunque. After a long climb up the mountain, I was hoping to see the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. Sadly however, all I saw was fog. After sometime a bright spot appeared and a thought came to my head, " If everyone in that little space has a life and troubles of their own, then how small are my problems in comparison to Jehovah?" After a prayer to Jehovah where I asked for a spark to reignite my zeal, I returned home, and the first face I saw for the first time in years was the one and only Ms. Kyah Hawkins. A smile and a light that reminded me of the love I was aiming to have again... Her POV: In early 2022, I was enjoying my life, minding my business and thinking about potential states I could move to so I could get out of PA. I expressed to a good friend that I was also ready to date because I just knew I would make a great wife lol. She mentioned that she knew this really great brother who was spiritual and who she thought I would get along with. My options were open, so she told me to reach out to him on social media. Reluctant to make the first move to a random guy I’ve never met, I sent Kalen a DM on Instagram and introduced myself. For the first week, we got to know each other and engaged in good friendly conversation. He was funny, we shared good banter, and I could tell he had a good spiritual head on his shoulders. I immediately found Kalen attractive and thought that our conversations could be the start to something. Well, I was wrong lol. On our second week of conversing, I began inquiring if Kalen was interested in or currently dating someone. He quickly told me that he wasn’t in a good space to date at that time and wasn’t looking for a relationship that he knew he couldn’t maintain. He just wanted to be friends. OUCH. At this point, our communication started to dwindle. I eventually deleted my Instagram sometime in 2022 and reopened it sometime in 2023. Fast forward to March of 2024, I noticed that Kalen would view my stories on social media and would like some posts that I posted. THIS TIME HE SLID IN MY DM’s YALL! Lol (aka sent me a message lol) He complimented one of my pictures when I was on a cruise and I thanked him. After about two compliments, I quickly asked him if he was shooting his shot (Making a move) because to my recollection two years prior, he told me he wasn’t interested in dating. He laughed and told me no, and that he was just sending a sincere compliment. I accepted it and gave him the side eye because I generally wanted to figure out what he wanted with me then lol I was not interested in dating at all at that point! But, from that moment on, we began rebuilding the friendship we had started two years prior and that same spark that caught me the first time softened my guards. I guess you could say the rest was history because as I got to know the man that Kalen was presently, and not the man who was a work in progress two years prior, I journeyed with a vibrant personality wrapped in one human. A man that was intentional from day one, complex yet gentle and exclusive when it came to me and an open book ready to give, receive and learn healthy love. So yeah, he told me I wasn’t good enough at first (joking lol) but we’ve bettered ourselves during our time apart and finally found our forever.