John and I first crossed paths in high school, long before we truly knew the roles we would come to play in each other’s lives. We had exchanged contact information early on, without fully knowing one another—just two names in each other's phones, not realizing the significance that connection would soon hold. Fate, however, had other plans. Our real meeting happened at a basketball game, where something just clicked. It wasn’t just about the game or who may have been around us—it was about the feeling that, somehow, we had always been meant to meet that night. From that moment forward, our bond became unbreakable. There was an unspoken certainty between us, even in those early days, that we were meant to be part of each other’s lives forever. We didn’t fall into each other’s lives by chance—we were placed there by something bigger. And we’ve been inseparable ever since.