Thank you for joining us in our celebration

We had already been talking to each other for a while at this point and I was so confused as to if this was a date or if we were just hanging out as friends. I got up insanely early at 5:00am and was ready hours before we had planned to meet up. He got lost on the way because of my house at the time not being on the GPS. I was literally so embarrassed to even breathe the same air when I got in the car and we headed on our way to Ellicott city. I had never really been there despite being from Maryland, I only would drive by it and not really go and explore. So I'm in the car, embarrassed to breathe and heading to a place I don't really know and everything at this point is pointing in my head to a disaster. But when we talked on the car ride there and just sat down at the cafe and talked for hours I stopped worrying. We talked about a lot of silly things and a lot of hard hitting topics on our first date. We went to explore and got some good gelato in Ellicott city. I couldn't tell you what we talked about or what we did because in that moment I didn't care about anything else besides seeing that person right in front of me. That's how it lasted 6 hours, because we weren't so focused on time or focused on each others' every word but just in the moment. The moment I met Liam I didn't know he was different, it was the days after that we couldn't stop seeing each other, the nights that went by that I couldn't stop talking to him. It was never a dull moment from then on and he would proceed to make every effort to brighten up my day or just be with me in that moment. Our dates always lasted long because we forgot about the world while we were on them. I couldn't imagine my life going any other way.

We had been talking for nearly a week before going on our first date. Before I saw Enoch's profile, I had been just about ready to call it quits on online dating. Something about him just drew me in, and I had to learn more. I really did try my best to find his house, but with all the houses in the area looking identical and my only clue being that it had a lot of flowers, I was struggling. I ended up parking three rows over and he had to come find me. I was embarrassed and anxious, and just hoping I didn't mess anything up. On the ride to Ellicott City, we made small talk, and it only got better from there. He thought it was funny when I messed with my orange slice at lunch. He listened to my stories and told some of his own. We talked about communication and boundaries and identity, family and friends and values. We talked about everything under the sun for six of the best hours of my life, and even when the sun began to set, it was over too soon. Since the day we met, we talked every single day. Even if it was just a cute meme or something big. I didn't know where I was going, and I still don't, but I'm sure of one thing- I'm going with him beside me. ♥️