We officially met at Weber State University in 2015 when Cash was serving as Student Body President and Michelle was her sorority President. After two years of trading glances and stealing looks, the timing finally aligned. Michelle invited friends over to watch movies and Cash somehow snuck in. After an evening of flirtatious banter, Cash asked Michelle to go out on their very first date. The following night, Cash took Michelle to an amateur MMA fight. The rest was history.
I knew at the end of the first year of dating that I had found the perfect woman. The only question is how could I pull off the perfect proposal. One day Michelle and I were talking about the future and we both agreed that we wouldn't take that next step until we were both done with Graduate School. That was the day the planning began. I scheduled a meeting with the MBA program advisor and asked if he thought it would be possible for me to propose at graduation when Michelle and I would walk together. From there the excitement grew as we brought the MBA Program director into the planning and finalized some of the details. On the night of December 12th, 2019. Michelle's family and friends had just flown in from Pennsylvania and we were spending time with them at their Air BNB. Tonight was the night I would ask Michelle's father for his permission to ask her hand in marriage. I thought the conversation would be scary, but as soon as I initiated it I knew that this was going to be my family forever. With that final checkbox in the books, the only thing left was to wait. I barely slept that night as I thought about the day to come. The biggest decision I have ever made and somehow it was the easiest choice I have ever had. I knew that I wanted to marry Michelle. As we woke up and I secrely put that ring in my pocket all I could do is look at Michelle with excitement. The best part was that she had no idea what was to come. While waiting in line, I told her that we needed to walk last so that we could carry the graduation flags for the program. Little did she know we were going last so I could propose. I had placed a note in her graduation sleeve that said, "Last year we said we didn't even want to think about marriage until we are graduated, and I can't wait for a second longer”. Her name was called and she walked across that aisle to the note. As soon as I saw her begin to turn around, I dropped to my knee, and she ran into my arms. The rest is the future.