We met through a mutual friend back during high school. We weren't so much friends then, but more acquaintances. For well over a decade we stayed in contact and grew as friends as time passed. In 2015 our friendship really started to bloom, and my late 2016 "I love you" was a most natural and comfortable way to describe our feelings. We made the moves, stacked our odds, combined our families, and viola here we are now making our family slogan a reality, The Springer 8!