The two will become one ... Gen. 2:24

I was in Romania at the time when it all started with a Facebook message from Nathan, "Do you have any ties to Ooltewah at all? You look familiar". I saw he was friends with my best friend Helen Simoes and I immediately asked her who this very attractive male was that was sliding into my DM's. She had no idea and said she accepts friend requests from random people sometimes. So, like the investigator I am, I stalked his page to see what kind of person he was and to decide whether or not to respond. After 2 minutes of contemplating my decision (took me a while huh?) I messaged him back "Nope not that I know of! But you are friends with my best friend Helen Simoes on here. Maybe you've seen posts of me on her page". After some messages of him trying to name off some more places he might have known me from, I decided I would bite "If you want to become familiar with me we could always work towards that" I responded. Then, after spending some time that day getting to know each other, he found my story to be top 5 coolest things a person has told him about themselves and wanted to talk to me on the phone more that night. The first real conversation lasted an hour, then the next 3 hours, then phone calls started turning into Netflix video chat dates and next thing I know I come home for Christmas and we went on our first date to Rock City Enchanted Garden of Lights. After all the things I had gone through and the turmoil I had faced in the past, I never Thought that I would find a man like Nathan. I thank God everyday for placing him in my life.

Everyday for weeks I saw this woman on the who you may know part of facebook. I spent all the time thinking of how I might know her and couldn’t figure it out. So I finally decided to message her. After asking several questions it turned out that we had no connections. None at ooltewah, UTC, or anywhere else. I thought that’d be the end of the coversation but she says, “you can get to know me though”. I knew she was interested and I couldnt help but want to talk to her all the time after that. We ended up talking every single day before bed, even with the crazy timezone differences. Facetime dates were some of my favorites. Finally came the day when she’d visit home for a few days and we finally went on our first date. Wings, the worst movie of all time, and a night up on rock city with christmas lights. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful night. I was hooked from that moment on.