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Caton and I went to the same school in 6th grade. I remember having the biggest crush on him, and I thought he was the coolest kid in class. I was very quiet and shy at that point in my life, so he had no idea who I was.

The very beginning. 

Caton had moved schools after the 6th grade, and I didn't see him again until freshman year of high school. He came back to Mustang for school and I knew I had to try and be his girlfriend. We ended up dating for a brief period of time, and I was so ecstatic that he was finally my boyfriend! As most early high school relationships go, we didn't date for long, but we always kept in touch.

Our high school relationship

After freshman year of high school, Caton and I stayed in contact. We moved to different cities, and different states, but we always ended up reconnecting, like no time had ever passed. We had always talked about wanting to try dating again, but with so much distance between us we could never find the right time in both of our lives to give it a shot. 6 years go by, and we talked to each other on and off as friends and checked in on each other consistently.

The past 6 years

On November 2nd of 2021, it had been a few weeks since Caton and I last caught up with each other. I was thinking about him a lot that day and decided to see how he was doing. I texted him asking how he was doing. He told me that he was just thinking about me and it was crazy timing that I had just messaged him. We texted all night, and continued for the days that followed. Him and I both agreed that, even though he lived 2 and a half hours away, we needed to give dating each other a shot. After we both realized that we really wanted to be together, we talked all day and all night, and would talk on the phone all the time. A few weeks later, on my 25th birthday, I drove down Sanger, TX where he was living at the time, and got to see him in person for the first time since high school. We immediately clicked and just knew that this was exactly where we needed to be. We watched movies, played video games, and had a cookout with his family. When I had to go home when the weekend was over, I knew that I did not want to go another day without him, and he felt the same way for me. We made a plan that we would date long distance for a year or so until he was done with school and then he would move to Oklahoma. That plan fell through very quickly because we just didn't want to be apart any longer. We had spent 6 years apart, and didn't want to spend another minute longer than we had to without each other. So we found a school that he could go to in Oklahoma and decided that we wanted to get married. After 6 years of wondering if someone is your person, and finally getting that confirmation, we just knew that we wanted to marry each other as soon as possible. With COVID-19 happening during this time, it was difficult to try and imagine having a big wedding. So we decided to have a small wedding surrounded by our immediate family, knowing that we wanted to have a big ceremony and reception once the pandemic was over. It started to become more clear that the pandemic was going to subside, so we set a date for June 11, 2022 and have been happily planning since. We have been inseparable since November, and we are never looking back to a time without each other. It may seem fast for some people, but when you spend 6 years apart and finally get a chance to be together, you take whatever timeline you can get to be together forever.

Brenna & Caton

Brenna & Caton

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