We met in the eighth grade at Warren JFK Upper Campus after Sam enrolled in August 2015. Despite having the same class schedule, we did not talk much. Eventually, we were assigned seats next to each other in our seventh-period history class, after which we began joking with and learning more about one another. It was soon after that I admitted my crush on Sam, telling him that I liked him and thought his glasses were cute. On December 4, 2015, I asked Sam to go out with me, and the rest was history.

After Sam got home from work, we began to put up our Christmas tree, which was a special occasion since this was our first time decorating for the holidays in our first apartment together. Once seemingly all the ornaments were on the tree, he slipped out of our guest room with a box and said, “Wait, there’s one more ornament for the tree.” When I opened the box, there was a ring inside, and when I turned around, he was on one knee. After asking if he was being serious (I was completely surprised), I excitedly said yes. We're so excited to celebrate this next chapter in our lives with you.