We’ve always believed in stories—the kind you can get lost in, the kind that shape who you are. For one of us, books were a sanctuary, a place to live a thousand different lives. For the other, stories were something to figure out, something to understand. Neither of us expected our own story to begin the way it did… with a literal crash. In the middle of a busy school hallway, we collided—quick, clumsy, and completely unexpected. It was only a moment, but somehow, it became the start of everything. When we found each other again later, it wasn’t romance that brought us together at first. It was an English assignment—The Book Thief. What started as a simple conversation about a story slowly became something more. The questions lasted longer, the conversations grew deeper, and without realizing it, we became part of each other’s everyday lives. Somewhere between the pages of that book and the late-night messages that followed, our own story began to take shape. What started as understanding someone else’s story turned into writing one of our own. And in a way neither of us could have planned, it became something real—something steady, something lasting. Now, as we begin this next chapter together, we know that of all the stories out there, the one we’ve written together is the one we will keep choosing—every day, for the rest of our lives.

And then there’s Bella—the part of our story that changed everything in the best way. She brought a kind of love into our lives that we didn’t even know we were missing, and from the moment she came into our world, nothing has ever been the same. She reminds us every day what love really looks like—in the simplest, purest moments. In the laughter, the little things, and even the chaos, she’s at the center of it all. Because of her, we’ve learned to be more patient, more present, and more grateful for the life we’re building together. And getting to raise her, to love her, and to grow as a family is something we will never take for granted. She isn’t just part of our story—she’s one of the most beautiful reasons we’ll keep writing it.