Our Story
Howell moved to Baton Rouge, LA for his PhD in 2019. I had landed my job in the History department just two months before he arrived. I remember meeting him and thinking "he would never give me the time of day." Turns out he thought I was too good for him too. For a year and a half we talked about cats and football and in January of 2021 we finally went out on a date. As you can guess, the rest is history.
In April of 2022, he told me we were going on a picnic. Dying to eat a sandwich, he took me up the hill and explained the significance of the spot, a monument to both Louisiana Indians & the Battle of Baton Rouge. As he is talking I see our friends walking up the hill. They were "suppose" to eat with us and I thought "finally, they are here and we can eat." Next thing I know, Howell is on his knee asking me to marry him.