We met in our gym class my senior year of high school. That sounds so lame like there wasn’t any eye locking across a crowded room at a party, he didn’t bump into me and there was a jolt of electricity, it was just like oh hey I’ve never met this kid before, that’s cool. I had no idea he would be so important to me. There were so many things that had to come together for Raekwon and I to cross paths with each other and I could not be more grateful for them. Falling in love with him was steady, and it grows and grows every day. People may say that high school sweethearts aren’t always forever, but I have always felt like we were the exception. Growing up with you has been the best part of my life, and I wouldn't change that for any reason at all.
Raekwon is the true master of surprises. I have never met someone so good at keeping surprises from me, because I am honestly so persistent and I sometimes stumble upon my own surprises. We've always talked about how huge public proposals make my skin itch when i think about how many people end up being apart of what I have always felt like was an incredibly private moment in a couple's relationship. Thankfully, he heard my fears loud and clear. Raekwon had orchestrated with my sister a scheme to get me out of the house for him to set up the proposal. We ended up at my parents' house for dinner the night he proposed. We (and by we I definitely mean just me) had been arguing and I was picking fights the whole day and when we came home from dinner, being proposed to was the farthest thing from my mind. He had set up my ring box in the arms of the first stuffed animal he ever got me and he had it set up in our closet. I walked in and was so confused and when i turned around he was down on one knee. It was honestly the most confusing and also exciting moment of my life, and I am so glad to be walking through this life with such a sweet and loving and forgiving man. He shows me grace every day and I strive to show the same grace he gives me. You're one in a million, Raekwon.