Ours is a funny story. We met off of Instagram, I liked one of his poems that he posted and he messaged me on August 21st, 2016. The first time we talked in person, I was in Brew N Bake, getting a coffee, and I see a messy-haired boy in a green jacket mumbling to himself and writing in a notebook alone at a table. I watched him while I was in line for my coffee, trying to come up with something witty to say, but when I finally walked up to his table, all I got out was "You're Jonathan, right? I'm Madi, from Instagram? I don't know if you know who I am." he said something like "Oh, yeah." and that was it and I rushed awkwardly out of the door and banged my head against the steering wheel once I got into the car because I was pretty sure I was about to die from embarrassment. It just went from there. He invited me to come hang out a few times after that, but I was so embarrassed that I told him I was busy each time, until finally one night I gave in and went and hung out with him and a friend of mine at their apartment. To be perfectly honest, I thought he was quirky and weird, but I still couldn't keep him off of my mind. I realized I liked him when he and his friend invited me to a concert one night, and I looked up at him and I don't know if it was the lights or just the vibe of the concert but he went from weird to beautiful in that instant. The rest is history.

I want to say it officially happened in the Whataburger parking lot around 11 pm. We were sitting in his car, listening to Such Great Heights by Iron & Wine and we were both just sitting there, staring at each other almost nose to nose, and he got out of the car and walked around and got down on one knee and I started laughing as he asked me to be his wife, I of course said yes, and he put the ring on my finger.