After a year of our mom's trying to get us to meet, Billy and I finally met on July 13, 2018. They say that timing is everything and it most definitely was for us. Billy picked me up at my parent's house that evening to take me out to Dave and Busters. I was slightly nervous but also excited. My mom called me to come downstairs to meet him and before seeing him, I heard Billy's voice and he sounded so confident and sure of himself. When I walked into the kitchen and looked into Billy's eyes, there was an immediate connection that I cannot explain. It was like two magnets being pulled together towards each other. I know it sounds really corny, but I don't know how else to explain it. The connection that I felt was made by God and I know it to be true in my heart. It is a feeling of knowing. God wrote our story long before we met. I believe that our mom's were put into each others lives for many reasons, but bringing Billy and I together was definitely the biggest one! <3

Billy asked me to come over after 2 months of not seeing each other due to Covid-19. We talked for hours on the phone every night throughout the 2 months of not seeing each other. On May 16, 2020, I drove over to Billy's house and grabbed Olive Garden. We ate dinner together and watched TV for a while. After dinner, Billy told me that he knew that I wanted to go on vacation to the beach, but couldn't go due to Covid. He then stated that he brought the beach to me. <3 He told me to follow him into the basement and it was completely decorated as a Hawaiian theme. It felt like a dream at this point. We sat in our beach chairs and I was smiling from ear to ear, but also slightly confused. He then took me to a more intimate room in the basement that he made. The room was completely black and then he turned on lights that looked like the stars. He put 500 lights into a piece of cardboard and put it on the ceiling of the basement because he knew how much I love looking at the stars. As I was staring at the "stars" in awe, he told me to turn around. There were big sliver balloons that said "Marry Me?" I immediately started crying and collapsed into his arms. After a few minutes, he asked me if I wanted to see the ring. After finally getting myself together, I said YES. I did not hear the "proposal speech." I even asked him to tell me again and still didn't hear it. It was amazing!