❤︎ Allie ❤︎

We met in an unconventional, albeit quite modern way. Matt was living in Norfolk, VA working at the Naval Shipyard and I, (Allie), was in my last year of my Pediatric Residency in Long Island, NY. I was in the midst of interviewing and ranking my fellowship match list, which included locations across the US. We were both battling the plights of online dating (if you know, you know). I had my heart set on moving to Virginia and having nothing to lose, changed my dating app location to Norfolk. As Matt describes, he was trying to decide if he wanted to continue on dating apps. As fate would have it, we were on at the same time. I distinctly remember walking down the pediatric ICU hall, browsing my "likes", when I saw a picture of a handsome, brown-eyed guy sitting on the couch next to his copper-colored dog. I almost didn't match with him, knowing it was a long shot we'd actually have the chance to connect (I didn't know where I would be moving to at this point).