Growing up in Post, TX, it was always a known fact that Abernathy was our rival in Track. Everyone knew the track stars, everyone knew who to watch for. I definitely knew The Easton Clarkson, and boy was he a cutie. It wasn’t until my freshman year at West Texas A&M, that I thought maybe, just maybe I can somehow run into him and he would fall in love with me. Although that’s not exactly how it happened, it’s kind of close. Around April 2022, I saw him for the first time at Texas Rose. I was working at the steakhouse at the time, and he came in to eat.. in my section. I had to take a moment to catch my breath, gather my thoughts, and figure out what I was going to say to this man. I ended up just being the normal server I was, we shared a few laughs, but nothing really crazy happened. I did make sure I was still following him on every social media, and decided to start very poorly making an effort to catch his attention.
Fast forward to May, the same year, I moved back home for the summer, and was working for my mom at The Pool. I was working a normal 1-5, and then.. oh gosh, he reached out to me.. I told my mom, let her read it, and freaked out a little bit. She calmed me down, and told me to text him back. He said, “Every time you like one of my pictures on instagram, I’ve wanted to text you, you’re beautiful.” OH GOSH! It worked! My subtle, very lazy attempt to catch his attention, did the job. He told me, he recognized me from Texas Rose, and he liked the way I could talk to him without being nervous.. oh the things you don’t know can’t hurt you. I didn’t tell him I was secretly shitting my pants.
In June, the 5th to be exact, I went back to Canyon to see my friends, and it just so happened he lived there.. We hung out for the first time. It was awesome. It was like I’ve known this man for years, we could talk about any and everything. He was my best friend. This is gonna be great. I could feel it.
Throughout the summer, we were doing long-distance. He lived in Canyon, and I was back home, in Post. It was a little over 2 hours to drive, but he made every single attempt to come see me. I think he drove to Post and back at least once a week, sometimes twice. He even got his first job in efforts to afford the gas to make it happen!!The times we weren’t together, we were on Face-time. We had our very first official date at Chuys, in Lubbock, and we still consistently eat there and reminisce.
He made it very clear, to me and my family that he wanted to gain trust and approval. He did everything he could. He officially asked me to be his girlfriend, George Strait Style, with “Check yes or no” on a note, June 22nd 2022. Gaining trust and approval was something Easton was good at, so good that my dad, agreed to let him join us on our Annual Family Vacation to Colorado, just a month and a half of being in my life. But, nonetheless, it was nothing short of a blessing. We got to be together in my favorite place, and show my family how amazing our relationship was. They saw it, and I think he officially was apart of the family, even though my Dad wouldn’t verbally agree. (My Dad loved him the first day they met because Easton actually shook his hand).
Both my mom and dad, could see how happy I was. After being so down for the years prior, they were very happy. My mom even mentioned that she had prayed for Easton to come along, and he did just that. To say the least, I’ve been blessed with my absolute best friend. And I wouldn’t change it for the world. This is our story, I hope you enjoy.