We first met in the 6th grade back in 2005—just two kids crossing paths without knowing how much those early years would actually shape the story that was yet to come. Life eventually took us to different friends, schools, and even states, we went our separate ways. Fast forward to 2015, we reconnected through Facebook. What started as casual messages turned into wonderful conversations through texts, phone calls, and that unmistakable feeling that something was there. However, we all know that life likes to step in when feelings of doubt and uncertainty start to take hold, We went our separate ways. Eight years later we found ourselves talking again—this time through video chats, laughter, and even a little Fortnite. We started out as “exclusive friends,” but it didn’t take long before we knew it was much more that. By September 2023, we officially began our relationship. Since the beginning of that momentous start, we’ve shared 15 trips across time and distance, each one bringing us closer. And in June, Cameron and his entire family will make one final journey not to an end but a miraculous start—the one that brings us together for good. After all these years, all the near-misses and the waiting, we finally get to live this love in the same place, at the same time. Not as kids. Not as distant friends. But as two people who found their way back to each other—and this time, for life. A tale to be remembered... A tale as old as Thompson