We were both attending Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida! We had both joined the college Army ROTC scholarship program and were in full swing training to be Army officers while earning our degrees. In our junior year, we finally decided to go get coffee together (Josh asked) and then started dating!

In February of 2020 (just weeks before the pandemic) we were very busy with work, ROTC, and college so we were unable to go out for Valentine's Day. Josh suggested that since we were both booked on the actual Valentine's Day that we go out on February 29th for dinner. I agreed, not thinking much of it! We got dressed for dinner and headed to a really nice restaurant. At the end of our meal, the waiter brought over a box and plate of desserts, as I opened the box I saw that it was filled with pictures of us through the years and in the very middle was a small box with a note reading "Will you marry me?" at that moment Josh got down on one knee and my parents and his family all appeared- a complete surprise!

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