We first met at Hobby Lobby in late summer of 2023. We started as being co-workers, to being friends, to becoming best friends. The first moment I was introduced to Zach was in the breakroom, seeing him sleeping on some chairs which led him to falling down. I was laughing, asked him if he was okay and he was. I had a feeling we were going to be friends and eventually we did. We didn't know we had feelings for each other till we said our confessions but we said it in a different language. He said it in Irish and I did in Korean. Despite my objections at first, I have told Zach countless times it will never happen but he always response to me "nice try". He have not failed to stop making me laugh ever since. Summer of 2025, I saw Zach as a man and I started falling for him. I decided to talk about it with him to see if the relationship would work. We go to church together, the Compass Church in Naperville. He introduced me to his church in May 2024, He knows about my history with being in a Catholic Church. I was a bit hesitant since I asked if there was a dress code. He tells me there wasn't a dress code even said " uhhh wear clothes", made me laugh right there. So due to my experience with the Catholic Church I was fully covered but when I walked into the Compass Church for the first time, I was in awe when the band was singing and playing. It was something new and I knew I wanted to keep on going. In January 12, 2025 I got baptized by Pastor Paul. I got baptized as a Christian and have never been any happier, Zach was there. After being friends with him, building up feelings towards him was scary at first but God was there and still is. I have told Zach in August of 2025, that when I get my degree I was going to move to another state somewhere country, there were some tears in the conversation. We have started the relationship in October. I asked him if he remembered that I have goals and that I was not changing my mind of moving, I was still planning to. So we continue to go out, unknowing what would be the last day of us being in the same state. Just thinking about being a long distance relationship, it would be my first time. I wasn't thinking about it, instead I was just enjoying the time we have. Me and Zach had some conversations that we were scared to tell each other since the relationship was still new. We both thought it would scare each other if we talked about it. But for some reasons we decided to talk about it. We have been dating for about 3 months. On January 11, 2026, we were in the backseat of his truck talking about how it would be different if we were to continue the relationship but apparently we got to the point we started to share the dream we both had. I had this dream that me and Zach were married, living in a country home in Wyoming, we had 3 beautiful kids, I was getting the one of the kids ready and the other two were with Zach calling him dad, he was playing his guitar waiting for me and our other kids, we were headed to go to church and in the end of that dream Zach would always pull me in closer to give me a kiss and the kids would start saying "me too, me too" and I woke up thinking it would be an amazing future. Zach said he had the same dream but he didn't have a guitar, he had a banjo. So when I shared that dream with Zach, He had that look in his eyes that he wanted to ask me a questions, so I said " you look like you want to ask me a question" He replied with " Can I?", so I thought he was going to ask if he can come along after I get my degree and he gets his welding certificate. I wouldn't oppose to that but instead he got down one knee and asked "will you marry me?". I was not expecting that but my answer was "yes, yes I will marry you". So here we are, planning our wedding together and we are so excited for that day we say "I do".