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Allyson and Macon met on a cold January night back in 2016. One of Allyson's friends, who she had met at Miami University, invited her over to hang out.&nbsp;This friend's name is Alex Silvati and happened to be one of&nbsp;Macon's best friend from childhood. When she walked in, she saw this handsome man who introduced himself and instantly had her impressed with his charming smile and confidence. They talked for a bit and as the night came to a close, went their separate ways. Strangely, the next day, Alex extended another invite to Allyson. She thought that was odd, but accepted anyway. Conveniently,&nbsp;Macon had also been invited. (Come to find out later, Macon has asked Alex to invite Allyson over again the next night.)&nbsp;They spent&nbsp;some more time talking and getting to know one another, and again as the night came to a close, they&nbsp;went their separate ways. Not long after, another hangout was arranged and this time, the young Macon got the courage to ask for Allyson's number. A dinner&nbsp;date was quickly planned for&nbsp;January 19th. However, an excited Macon invited Allyson to meet up with him at The Eagle to watch&nbsp; basketball the night&nbsp; before. As many close friends and family know, Allyson does not care much&nbsp; for basketball, but was excited to spend some more&nbsp;time getting to know this handsome man. They&nbsp; spent&nbsp;3 hours talking that night and left with excitement for their "first" real date the next night.&nbsp;

During the first few times of meeting Allyson, Macon had come to learn about her love for Mexican food. He surprised her by taking her to this amazing Mexican restaurant in OTR called Bakersfield. They spent&nbsp;the night talking over tacos and taking a lovely stroll afterwards. Within a little over 3 weeks of meeting one another, Macon and Allyson had taken such a liking for each&nbsp;other, that they decided to start their relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend.&nbsp;Fast forward to April 2018. Since beginning their relationship, Allyson had started nursing school and had become very busy during the last semester. The couple decided that it was important to spend some time together the first weekend of April after all of Allyson's papers, projects, and exams were turned in and taken&nbsp;at the end of March. They had a whole plan of going back to Bakersfield for a quick margarita, taking a stroll&nbsp;through Washington Park to their favorite bar, Queen City Radio, and back over to a restaurant for dinner. Allyson had some hidden anticipation of what was going to happen that evening, but was constantly trying to talk herself down. She noticed that Macon seemed very nervous and was being oddly specific about the times each event should take place. As they made their way to the middle of the park, Macon looked over at Allyson and asked her if she remembered a shadow box that he had made her. She of course did because when he had given it to her for that past Valentine's Day, she had teared up because of how sweet it was. Inside the shadow box, there were different locations displayed in the shape of heart with a short description under each. There were different locations from when they had their first kiss, their first date, when they went on vacation, and other events in their relationship. There were, however two empty spots on the bottom. The descriptions were already written out with one saying, "Our Future," and the other saying, "Together Forever and Always."&nbsp;As Macon asked Allyson if she remembered this shadow box, he pulled out another heart shaped piece of paper with the location of Washington Park on it. After Allyson had said yes through that already flowing tears, Macon said, "Well, this is the location that I ask you to marry&nbsp; me." He had gotten down on one knee in the middle of the park holding the most beautiful ring. Allyson was screaming "Yes!" inside, but was struggling to say it outloud because of how her emotions had overcome her. She finally said it through all of the tears and they officially were engaged. It was amazing moment for both Allyson and Macon and every since, they have been so excited to become husband and wife.&nbsp;The rest of the year had continued to be eventful with Macon becoming a business owner&nbsp;and Allyson graduating nursing school and starting a new job at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. They moved in together and not long after added a new member to the soon to be Lindberg family, Sumi. It is 2019 and the wedding date slowly approaches and they could not be more excited to start this new adventure of being married.&nbsp;

January 8th, 2016

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