We first met in 1995 on the beach in Daytona during Bike Week. For Chad, it was love at first sight, but despite my attraction to him, I was more interested in just being friends. As time passed we became the best of friends over the next 13 years and during that time Chad continued to make his feelings for me clear. He even flew to New York to spend New Year's Eve with me. Although we had a great time ringing in 2008 together, it still was not the right time for us. Over the next nine years, life took us both on a bumpy ride. In March 2017, God finally decided it was the right time for us. A mutual friend mentioned Chad's name to me and I decided to send him a Facebook Message. From Chad's very first response, I knew I had been wrong all along and he was the one for me. Chad had always loved me and it only took me a short time to fall completely in love with him. It was like no time had passed and we picked up right where we left off. I moved to Illinois to be with Chad in July of 2018. On September 27, 2019 he asked me to marry him. I can't wait to add our wedding to our love story and to see where our love and life together take us next.