Brant and I both attended and graduated from Jacksonville State University. I was living off campus and liked to spend my free hours by the pool enjoying the sun rays and working on getting a bronzy tan. Brant came to the pool one day (white as could be might I add haha) and of course started up a conversation with me and my friend. If you know Brant you know he loves to talk to everyone. From that point on we became friends. After being friends for a while, he started to show interest in me. After many failed attempts on his part (sorry babe) I agreed to go on a date with him. Brant won me over through his persistence and his want to always be there for me. Now I can thank Jax State for sending me the man that always chases me. On April 26th 2020 I will no longer be Macy Hallmark. I will become Macy Hallmark Tommie and I will also gain a son. ❤️

Brant took me to the Enchanted Garden of Lights in Chattanooga Tennessee to see Christmas lights on December 30th, 2018. We went on a chilly night both dressed to the nines. When you arrived you receive a map of the place and Brant could not keep it in his hands for anything. I laughed and laughed because he kept dropping it everywhere we went. He told me to wait outside the Fudge Shop while he looked for fudge for his mom. (Brant was actually meeting with a photographer and telling him to follow us) We walked hand in hand past the North Pole up to Lover’s Leap. Lover’s Leap is the place my life forever changed. He told me to stand right where I was- overlooking the massive cliff views and illuminated waterfall. The view was breathtaking. It was the kind of view that makes you hold your breath for a second because it’s too alluring to be real. The kind of view where you feel like you have to whisper because the sight in front of you seems so endless. Brant got down on one knee and said, “I was gonna ask you, will you marry me?” He was so nervous he stuttered to get the words out. I nodded yes and leaned down to kiss him as lights flashed and people cheered. Lover’s Leap will forever be the view that took my breath away.

Yin and Yang are two complementary principles of Chinese philosophy. They are contradicting forces that equal each other out. I don’t think anything has ever described our love more. I’m the Yin. Yin is seen as the female energy, an introvert, nurturing, a sign of structure, and a symbol for the night. Brant is my Yang. Yang is seen as the masculine energy, an extrovert, direct, a sign of function, and a symbol for the day. I’m overly cautious to a fault. I will analyze all my options and go over them time and time again too scared to make the wrong decision that sometimes I don’t make it at all. Brant, like Yang, is direct to taking action. He has to push me forward to get a response and I have to pull him back to rethink. Yang consumes Yin just like my love for Brant consumes me. Yin and Yang are two forces who make a whole; one that is greater together than it’s assemled parts. As one aspect declines, the other increases to the same degree. Night gradually gives way to day, which gradually gives way to night. Simply put, Brant and I are better together. We’re a team. An unstoppable force together.