We’re getting married!

Our story didn’t begin over six years ago, it began in a middle school hallway, when Evan became my very first boyfriend. We were young, nervous, and completely in over our heads, but somehow our hearts just knew. Even when life stepped in and my parents said I was “too young” to date, the connection between us never fully disappeared. For years, we drifted in and out of each other’s lives. We’d check in at least once a year, just a simple “How are you?” but it always meant more than that. It was our way of saying, I still care. I haven’t forgotten. There was even a moment at the mall where we saw each other from a distance. We didn’t speak, but the feeling was instant… a familiar pull we both tried to ignore. Then one day, after a breakup and a new chapter beginning, I made a Tinder account (for funsies, I was newly 18). And I get a message from Evan. “What are you doing here?” Without missing a beat, I replied, “What are YOU doing here?” That conversation reopened a door that had never truly closed. Seeing him again felt natural, and easy like exhaling after holding your breath for years. It didn’t feel like falling in love again… it felt like returning home. On February 19, 2019, we officially found our way back to each other, but this time we were older, stronger, and ready for the kind of love we couldn’t have as kids. Since then, we’ve grown through everything life has thrown at us, financial stress, personal growth, long nights, hard lessons, and the kind of challenges that make or break couples. But every obstacle only made our bond deeper. We didn’t just grow up side by side, we grew toward each other. In November 2022, our world changed forever when we welcomed our son. He became the heart of our little family, the living proof that some love stories really do come full circle. And on November 18, 2025, Evan asked me to spend forever with him. Ours isn’t just a love story. It’s a story of timing, fate, growth, choosing each other again and again… and two kids who never stopped loving each other, even when life got in the way. Now we get to write the rest of it together, for good.