This story began in 2020, when the world was swept up in the unfolding events of Covid. Brad and Anna, over 9 hours apart, were both seeking community with like-minded young adults at a time where everyone felt quite isolated. They both discovered an online private podcast community for single adults through facebook. There, they began forming friendships with all kinds of individuals in different walks of life. Brad and Anna ending up joining the same 'group' because they shared one common passion—dad jokes. Through this venue of fun relationship building, Anna and Brad got to know each-other over the distance that spans Michigan to Virginia. The mid-to-latter part of 2020 found movie nights over facetime, late night chats, deep conversations, and sharing the ups and downs of life. Anna met Brad in person in Richmond, December 2020, while Brad was on a work trip. It was crushing hard at first sight. ;) 2021 brought a change in their friendship, as Brad sent Anna a letter and asked her if she would be willing to try this thing called "long distance" with him, to which she said "YES". Many, MANY video dates, door-dashed coffees, flowers, ice cream and visits later, he proposed in late September, 2021. Again, Anna said "YES!" and tackled him. So, "this is us": the beautiful, unexpected story of two best friends finding love in unexpected places and God showing His tenderness in writing better stories for us than we can possibly imagine.