we're getting married!

Joshua and Phoebe met in the middle of a season where everything already felt like it was shifting. Joshua had just traded California sunshine for the unfamiliar rhythm of Newberg, while Phoebe had crossed oceans, leaving the Philippines behind for a new life in Oregon. Neither of them knew it yet, but they were already moving toward each other long before they ever spoke. Phoebe, living in Salem, spent her mornings chasing the sunrise down the highway—45 minutes of quiet, music, and wondering if the long commute was worth it. By junior year, she was close to transferring. Close enough that it almost happened. But something—call it instinct, call it fate, call it comfort—told her to stay. So she did. And somewhere in those ordinary school days, in their small class of twelve, Joshua and Phoebe kept catching each other’s eye. Then, in a move that surprised absolutely no one who knows her, Phoebe decided she wasn’t going to wait around for the story to write itself. She made the first move. Just like that, the shift happened. Friendship tilted into something deeper, something intentional. What started as a simple high school relationship didn’t stay simple for long—it became the beginning of a story neither of them could have planned, but both of them somehow stepped into at exactly the right time. Looking back, it’s hard not to notice the small, almost invisible decisions that changed everything: a move across states, a move across countries, a long daily drive, a choice not to leave. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, two lives that could have easily missed each other… didn’t