Our story isn't the typical love at first sight story. Our love grew like a seed planted in the earth and overtime it grew into a balsa tree. The balsa tree is the strongest tree in the world, and so is our love for one another. This love was formed with many obstacles, challenges and extended effort. We first encountered each other in high school. We had many of the same friends and knew about each other but never thought anything of it at the time. It wasn't till 2 years after high school, we started talking and growing feelings for one another. The feeling we had started in our mind, it was felt in our guts but our hearts were not fully connected yet. Love is a crazy thing as sometimes its right in front of your eyes the whole time, yet you're to blind to see it. Years passed and we went down two different paths, these paths paved the way we looked at relationships. We gained wisdom of what traits we wanted from a partner, and lessons were learned. We matured into adults who became independent financially, emotionally and mentally. These paths and lessons we learned ultimately brought us back together. It was at this time we were no longer blind, the world was clear and our feelings were undoubtedly always there. Our hearts grew stronger as we both started to water the seed and like our love it started growing. The roots became deeper, the tree became taller and stronger. We had days that were sunny and bright, some days were cloudy. Today we stand united, connected with our hearts and soul as one. Our love has always been there, it will never fade or die because this love we have supersedes everything else. Our story isn't perfect, but we are perfect for each other. We would be honored to have you attend our special day to celebrate our love. We ask that everyone please do not over extend yourselves with any gifts, as we know that we are in uncertain times. We will have a donation box for a honeymoon, please don't feel obligated anything is appreciated.