Our love story began on our first deployment in 2020, in the middle of the Global Pandemic. Ronald took Telah out to the fanciest coffee shop in the middle of the desert. They hit it off immediately, conversation came easy and friendship grew. Ronald came home 5 months later to Florida, while Telah was still deployed for another 2 months. She finally came home in September to California. Through the long distance they both knew right then that no matter how many miles were between them or however many days they had to be apart. They wanted to be together for the rest of our lives.