We met the night before Valentine's Day in 2013 like almost any other millennial this day in age, through Facebook. Logan messaged me first and we talked as friends from there. We were both still in high school and quickly became best friends. He knew everything about me and my life, from how I grew up to my dream, secrets, and fears. And I knew all about him, true best friends. At the time we were just that, he was there through my break ups and make ups and I was there for his. Regardless we were there for one another. We graduated high school and went on down our own paths- he joined the Marine Corps and I went to college in Illinois. We were about 1,000 miles apart. Then one night in December I get a drunken phone call from my best bud, confessing his love. Not even kidding, I was at a Dunkin Donuts with my best girlfriend, Kellyn. I was shocked! I told her about what Logan had just told me and she had nothing to say but "WELL DUH ADRE!" Yes, the total cliche of the guy best friend that falls in love with his girl best friend and everyone sees it but her I was that oblivious cliche. But you know what, I reflected on this a bit and realized all this time, I loved him too. How could I not? Through thick and thin he was always that one that had my back, and told me the truth when I really was being stupid. He is very blunt and honest, but that's okay, because that's what I need. After that there really was no thinking about it, we knew we wanted to marry each other. I went to live with him in Virginia, and we got married one Monday morning, just the two of us. It was the best day of our lives, and one we will always remember.

After I moved to Virginia, while settling in to our first apartment, we thought it would be awesome to get one of those big 50 gallon tanks from petsmart and buy a bunch of cool tropical fish. We walked in the store and browsed. We quickly realized these fancy tanks were way over priced, so we sadly walked out of the store, back to the car. Once we got to the car, a few silent moments passed, and then we looked at each other and both said, "We should just get married!" Simply enough, that is how it happened. There was no fairy tale proposal or surprises. We then planned to go to the courthouse to get a marriage license, and were legally married a few days later. The moment we got together New Years of 2015, we always knew we would eventually be married. We now, almost two years later, have a 70 gallon tank with 20 tropical fish. Actually, 21 because our Silver Molly just gave live birth to a sole survivor, his name is Willy. Short. Sweet. Simple. And we couldn't be happier!!