Where do we begin? Leslie and Jonathan met a very long time ago. They were just kids. Neither of us really remember how and when was the first time we said hi to each other. All I know is that our families were very close and would spend many summers, and Christmas’ together. Time went on and eventually life in its weird way made us somewhat friends. We realized that we had the same birthday (June 7th) so every year for a couple of years I (Jonathan) would reach out to say happy birthday. Fast forward a couple of years around the beginning of 2021. We hadn’t really spoken for a long time, and she had just posted a picture of herself on Snap. I genuinely thought wow.. she looks so pretty. So I swiped up to say hi.. and well we started talking again, But this time it was different. We were having more genuine deeper conversations, getting to actually know each other.. maybe even flirting a little bit. A couple of days went by and something in my mind and heart started to appear.. were these feelings for Leslie? We were talking pretty much all day, while I was working and while she was working and at school. I particularly remember getting anxious for her to reply because sometimes she would take sooooo long and I just wanted to keep on talking. It got to the point where we were flirting a lot more, and I had to tell her how I truly felt. I told her exactly how I was feeling, and she rejects me… However, I was not going to give up. Being the amazing woman she is, she was not going to be easy to get to. She started replying a lot less. It broke me… I’m not gonna lie.. but I was determined. One night I was laying in bed, contemplating on what I can do to get to her heart and get her to admit she felt the same way. I wrote her the worlds longest paragraph of me fully expressing my feelings towards her… I didn’t get much of a response until June (around our birthday, June 14th, 2021) and she finally confesses how she felt me.. finally after months, we started talking with an intention to become more.. a couple of weeks go by and we finally see each other in Florida for a Youth Convention. This was the first time we saw each other in person with these newfound feelings. We got to spend some time together for the first time.. and it was fireworks. We clicked so easily in person as if we were perfect for each other.. meant to be. After that a few months go by I finally get to go and visit her at her house.. On September 2nd at around 8:30pm I asked her to be my girlfriend and we officially became a couple. Wow where our journey together has taken us.. so much growth has happened together. So much maturity has come from this relationship. Not just personal growth though. We’ve had amazing adventures, We somehow ended up in Greece together.. something I never thought would’ve happened in a million years (especially before marriage) we’ve laughed together, cried together.. helped each other in ways that no one else has. We’ve shared things to each other that no one else knows. We love each other.. more than we’ve loved anyone else. So on May 29th, 2023 at 6:49am in a hot air balloon in the middle of nowhere in the sky.. I got on one knee and asked Leslie Camila Toledo to marry me because I knew there was no woman like her, I knew from the beginning that I was going to marry her and that I was going to spend the rest of my life with her. and she said “Of course!!”. I would never ever trade this for anything else in this world. She’s the love of my life.. and I can’t wait to say “I do” at an alter in front of God and witnesses. I thank God for bringing Leslie into my life. I know God put her in my path for a reason.. and I thank God every single day for Leslie. Because without her I wouldn’t be full.. she’s my other half. My person. My forever love. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with her.. and this is just the beginning…