Matthew and I met at a graduation party in 2020. He was tagging along with a friend, and I was being begged by my mom to come stop by and say hi! So, I stopped by and ran into our friend Ashlan. Little did I know her boyfriend at the time (now husband) Robert had brough along his friend Matthew. We all sat around and talked for a few hours and before we knew it it was time to go. As I drove away from the party, I said out loud to myself "I'm never going to see that man again..." Little did I know I'd get a message from Ashlan the next day asking if it was okay to give him my Snapchat, so I of course say YES! So from that day on we talked and talked. He would come to Topeka every weekend from Ft. Rhiley to see me and hang out. Eventually he got out of the army, and he made the decision to move down to Texas for a year for some schooling, so we went from being 73 miles away from each other to being 695 miles away. That summer his mom, sister, and I took a trip down to see him. A year later (2023) moved back home to Hardin and I stayed in Topeka. We would go back and forth to see each on the weekends. One weekend in February 2024 he was coming to see me to celebrate Valentine's Day. I had gotten home from work that afternoon and no one was home. When Matthew finally got back to the house we hung out for a bit and then decided to get ready to go to dinner. Around that time Matthew started acting very nervous and said he was surprised that I hadn't found my gift yet. I was very confused so I started looking all over and couldn't find it. Little did I know he had put an engagement ring on my cat Waffle's collar. Once I found it, he asked me to marry him. Then a few months later we got a house in Hardin and started the crazy process of wedding planning!