We met through college bible study with the Charleston Wesley Foundation sometime during my freshman year, his sophomore year of college. We knew each other in passing, even working as interns for the same religious organization just at different times. During the summer of 2022, Ryan moved back into the Charleston area and we connected online. We began talking since we vaguely remembered each other from our time in college. Ryan told me he loved me four days after we started dating. I thought that was an interesting choice on his part. We quickly fell in love and have been attached at the hip as best friends ever since. Though we began planning our future a long time ago. We were engaged on September 16th, 2023 on the beach where Ryan asked me to be his girlfriend with the Ravenel Bridge and Downtown Charleston shimmering in the background.