Victoria and I met as young middle school teenagers in the Fall of 2004. We became friends and spent many school lunches playing soccer and chatting with our group of friends. Unfortunately Vickie moved away with her family and we parted ways. Eight years later, we got back in touch through social media. We became best friends over many nights of dancing and laughs. Our relationship began spontaneously during a social outing on March 22,2014.

On October 2nd, 2021 my family and I headed to Ennis, Tx for the Sky lantern festival. Under the dark night sky and beating music, my family lined up with their lit hand drawn lanterns misspelling Will You Merry Me? As thousands of lanterns lighted up the sky, I got on one knee and asked my best friend Victoria. Will you Marry me? With that beautiful smile of hers she nodded and said I do!