We met the old-fashioned way—online. At the time, Natalie was just starting to date, while Amber was days away from deleting her profile, so we were at very different places on the dating site. Our first date was on June 8, 2023, at “The Bar.” It was a quick meeting for a couple of drinks and nachos. At the end of the date, neither of us wanted to leave, but Natalie needed to get home for dinner with her girls, and Amber needed to pick up Hoz at puppy daycare.

After a few months of dating, we planned to have our families meet for Thanksgiving weekend. The Sunday before Thanksgiving, Amber pulled her “move” and fell down the stairs, breaking her right ankle and badly spraining her left ankle. After a night in the hospital, Natalie decided to take Amber to her house to recover. Amber and Hoz moved in and took over the first floor. Natalie and her girls were amazing, taking care of Amber and Hoz. Just after the first of the year, Natalie landed in the hospital for a week with low hemoglobin and a bad gallbladder. After four months of living together and three surgeries, Amber and Natalie could not see living apart.

Amber and Natalie faced a few challenges and grew stronger together, dealing with each as they arose. More than a year after meeting in person for the first time, both Amber and Natalie proposed. If you are wondering about the date of June 13, Amber and Natalie wanted a date that had meaning. Amber’s lucky number is 13; for those who don’t know, the number 13 came to be her lucky number when, as a freshman, she was given the number 13 by her soccer coach. In the spring of 1990, the Lady Lancers went 20-0 and won the state championship 13-0. Natalie wore the number 6 for all sports. Although there's no 13th month, they decided June was the perfect month, and the 13th the perfect date.

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