We first met while working together on different shifts. I met him on a tour of the facility while in training and he approached me to politely ask me for my number but it was for his friend! I not so politely said, "No, I have a boyfriend." He patiently waited and always respectfully would ask me during shift change of how me and my boyfriend were and he would get the same answer of "we are good", until one night it was not. The night he found out I no longer had a boyfriend happened to be the night he "left his glasses" at work and had to come back during my shift to get them. He would bring me snacks and keep me company for parts of my night shifts and from there it was history!

So when I thought of how my proposal would go down, I definitely thought I would be in some fancy clothes with makeup and hair did and would be surrounded by my family and friends on a random day because I always said I wanted my proposal to be on a day that makes it special for us… About one of those things went right. This man had the nerve to propose to me not only on the 4th of July but I was rocking a T-shirt, some shorts, and some J’s with no make up on my face and a bun halfway up on my head!!! My family and close friends were there with us just dancing and vibing to good music, setting off fireworks and just having a good time. I decided I wanted to try out the new Neon Sparklers to see how they looked. Little did I know that was the signal to start the proposal. Next thing I know the music goes from Meg The Stallion to one of my favorite slow jams by one of my favorite artist, H.E.R. I'm still not knowing what's going on and I immediately yell, "Why are y'all playing this slow song!!" He then comes up to me and says "It's Time" and I think he is full of it because he jokes about it all the time but he slowly gets down on one knee and then I realize that is really REAL this time. As he is on one knee he continues to grab my right hand and I slowly continue to give him my left hand. His nerves definitely got the best of him because not only did he grab my right hand again, he gets my first and middle name backwards lol. When I finally say yes I stop him as he keeps trying to put it on my right finger and tell him its the other one! If you only knew him, you would understand that this is exactly how it was supposed to be. It was NOTHING what I expected but I wouldn’t trade it for the world!! July 4th will be made into a particularly special day for me because that was the day I found out I was marrying my King and I can not tell y’all how excited I am to marry my King!