So... you may be wondering, how did we get here. It has certainly been a long time coming...that's for sure.

It started junior of high-school in 2017 when Lucas was rejected for the junior prom. You must be thinking, WHAT? LUCAS REJECTED? Yes, that would be correct. My best friend at the time was asked to prom by one of his good friends and Lucas was left without anyone due to this known rejection. Me, with no plans or interest to go to prom, had heard from my friend at the time that Lucas was looking for someone to go with and that I was available which sparked his interest to ask. I had never specifically been asked to a dance before and with knowing about this rejection, I could not imagine saying no. A few days later, Lucas and I connected, asking me to prom on April fools Day, and no, it was not a joke. I said yes and we attended a very awkward, but eye opening prom together in April of 2017.

Over that summer, we had stayed connected as friends keeping in touch through texts mostly. We were both quite busy with our lives, separately, so we remained casually and distantly friends. When school came around in the fall, we had one class together and started seeing each other more and more in school, which I would say brought us closer together and realized there was something more there.

We ended up attending homecoming together that fall as friends and continued as friends even more so after that into early winter. We knew the interest was there and neither of us were going anywhere at that point. When January 1st 2018 rolled around, Lucas finally asked "do you want to take this to the next level" and me knowing what this meant did not hesitate :)

We grew very close in our last 8 months before we parted ways for college, him attending the University of Iowa and me, staying home to pursue nursing at our local community college. We knew we had developed something deep at this point, but with distance in the way and very focused programs, our relationship was definitely tested through our first few years together.

Eventually, 3 years later, I made my way over to University of Iowa after I wrapped up my time at community college. With this move, we were able to progress our relationship in a way I had not experienced before due to the distance that had kept us apart. We had grown so much apart but also were able to now grow so much together. I think it was then that Lucas and I knew we would be life partners. We would always casually talk about our lives and the future throughout finishing at the University, but we wanted to finish school and meet goals before that leap was ever taken.

Eventually, we both graduated college, and Lucas was pulled to Des Moines for work, leaving me in Iowa City to finish an internship and look for work following my bachelors degree. We were once again separated...it felt like a feeling we both had known all to well.

About 6 months later following his move, through job searching, discouragement, and lots of disappointment, I ended up securing a job in the Des Moines area and made my way to the area, FINALLY together again. Since being in Des Moines, we have been quite inseparable.

Seeing someone you love, value, and grow into a beautiful person is an experience we both would never want to have gone through with anyone else.

It will be 7 years together in January of 2025 and just under 7 1/2 years on our wedding day. That rejection back in 2017 has led us to the best thing we will ever know... each other.

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