Michael and I met in 8th grade. See, he ran cross country with me and I thought he was very cute. Well one of his best friends, Matt became my friend through orchestra so I told him I thought Michael Lannon was hot and I wanted Matt to find out if he liked me too. So as a friend does, he hooked me up and that night Michael and I started chatting through Facebook messenger. Not long after that we went on our first date, to 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' with his family sitting in front of us, a memory we will always cherish. Throughout our relationship, from eighth grade to now, we have never strayed far from one another. We have both supported each other through losses of loved ones, through anger and confusion; we have grown up together and created a relationship of trust, love, honesty, patience and acceptance. When we are together there is that invincible feeling in our lungs. Not that nothing can hurt you, but invincible in the sense that no matter what happens there will always be support, understanding and courage that we gain from being with one another. We are so lucky to have one another, we like to say we are each others puzzle piece and soul mate and we cannot wait to continue our love story for the next 100 years ahead.

I went down to Jacksonville to spend a long weekend I had off from work with Michael, as we usually do when my schedule gives me 4 days off. We spent the weekend filled with adventures from driving to Wilmington and spending the day exploring old beautiful gardens to going to the beach. After getting back late at night Michael took me outside and got down on one knee and I think I blacked out from happiness and excitement! I couldn't say yes quick enough and I also couldn't stop crying from happiness and repeating over and over, "oh my god we are ENGAGED, we are going to get MARRIED!!!!!"