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Discord is an app where people can hang out in servers with like-minded individuals. There are text channels where you can chat or share posts, or voice channels where you can talk directly to others. With the pandemic in full swing, Rob had been one of the founders of a Catholic Dungeons and Dragons server in Discord. He was a Game Master, weaving beautiful stories, and a player in a couple of games there. Jenn decided to join this online community to play some games and roll some dice, fondly recalling her memories of weekly Friday DnD games. The creator of the server, Whitney, wanted to run a shorter game involving a Dwarven Stronghold with promises of adventure, and invited Rob and Jenn to be two of the five players. In the first session, they introduced themselves and had fun adventures and battles as a Ranger and a Paladin. Jenn became friends with one of the other members who played her twin in the campaign, who then introduced her to Rob outside of the game to play a co-operative video game together. In their conversations, Jenn and Rob found themselves sharing mutual interests and Jenn found herself constantly laughing at Rob's quips and jokes. It started slowly, with weekly text conversations, but those quickly turned to calls. Weekend conversations turned to daily discussions which turned into hour-long phone calls. In December, they decided to take a chance on long-distance and Rob asked Jenn out on their first 'blind' date. Rob stated it would be the first 'blind' date set up by the people going on the date themselves because despite all the phone calls, they hadn't seen each other yet. From there, they planned their international trips across the States and Canada to see each other face to face and share their love of travel. They are not sure where they'll adventure next, but they do know that they will go there together.

That's the distance between us. (It was 3,544 km or 2,202 miles when Rob was living in Dallas.) While having mutual interests helped, the most important factor in a long distance relationship was clear communication and mutual effort. We were honest with each other and made time for each other. We put God first, each other second, and ourselves third. During our first year of dating, we texted every day and spent 147,328 minutes on calls together. That's 2,455 hours, or 102 days. Though we had fallen asleep on many calls, these minutes don't include the numerous calls where we hung out with our friends to play video games or watch movies or shows. By the time we were engaged, we had spent 229,885 minutes on calls together (3,831 hours or 160 days). We had to cherish each moment we spent together during visits. The distance forced us to be clear in communicating our needs and wants and to share how we were feeling. There were some frustrating nights where the distance felt like too much, but we wouldn't have done it with anyone else. When you find your person, you will get through anything as long as you choose each other at the end of each day.