Before love ever found its name, there was distance. Vincent in Missouri. Theresa in Colorado. And a fleeting weekend in Chicago during Labor Day of 2022, where paths crossed quietly at a music festival. Vincent noticed Theresa then, but we did not meet the way most stories begin. Still, God was already writing something far greater than we could see. A group photo stitched our worlds together. An Instagram follow turned into quiet connection. Check in texts. Story replies. Long pauses that never meant goodbye. Weeks would pass. Sometimes months. Yet every conversation felt like coming home to a familiar place, as if time itself was patient with us. Even in the silence, God was shaping our hearts. When Vincent came to Colorado for a concert at Red Rocks, something shifted. What we expected to be a simple reunion unfolded into hours of laughter, deep conversation, and an undeniable pull toward one another. That night, beneath the music and the stars, our first kiss happened over a pinky promise. Theresa meant a kiss on our thumbs. Vincent pulled her in instead. And just like that, everything changed. From that moment on, our days were filled with shared screens and late night calls. We fell asleep on the phone together. We watched the same shows from different states. Words became bridges, and distance lost its power. Theresa told her closest friends about every message, because she knew her heart was no longer her own. When Vincent flew back to Colorado for Theresa’s birthday, clarity arrived with him. What began as a quiet friendship had grown into something unmistakable. That was the moment our love truly stepped into the light. Texts became calls. Calls became visits. Distance became a choice we refused to let define us. A year and a half later, Vincent moved to Colorado, because love like this does not stay still. It moves. It chooses. It follows. Looking back, we see God’s hand in every detail. In the pauses. In the timing. In the misused words and the perfect moments. We trusted His plan before we understood it, and now we stand in gratitude, ready to begin our forever, surrounded by the people we love most.