Austin and I met at Duncan lake middle school in 8th grade. We became seat partners and I immediately fell in love lol. He had a girlfriend at the time so I kept myself contained and slowly worked my magic;). Over the next weeks we had so many laughs and inside jokes, always getting in trouble by our teacher! I would come home every day and tell my mom all about him and how much I liked him. I even told her at one point that I would marry him someday. I remember my first text message to him… “did we have homework?” I already knew we did I just needed an “in”. We would talk everyday after that. Finally, he broke up with his girlfriend and we started dating. Through the years we would go through a lot of struggles. Looking back it was a maturity issue for both of us. We broke up 3 times! The last, and longest, break up was senior year of high school. Longest year of my life! He ensured me we were “NEVER getting back together” (how silly). We rekindled at a end of senior year party…running from the cops (sorry moms and dads). We ran from the cops together and got to talking and I must say the rest is history. We got back together right before he left for MSU and haven’t looked back. We have both grown and matured so much and realized what we have is rare and pure. Now we are on a new journey in West Virginia where Austin is making his dreams come true in medical school. Our story and our story to come is something I’m truly grateful for. We are best friends and we love doing life together…so let’s do it forever.

Bri and I started to get to know each other in 8th grade when we were chosen to sit next to each other in class. We immediately bounced jokes off one another, and started to bond over one another’s humor. I finally had the guts to ask her out at the end of 8th grade, and we lived happily ever after...kinda. Being a 3 sport year round athlete in high school I ran into problems balancing family, life, school, sports, and holding a relationship with the lovely Bri. We broke up 3 times during high school, with the final time being over the summer going into our senior year. We even dated other people, but the two of us together was always the spark we never knew we needed. It wasn’t until graduation party season where we started hanging out again, going to these parties together. At this point we were completely different people who had matured extensively and were able to understand that life together was always better no matter the circumstance. We knew the road ahead would be difficult as I went on to Michigan State for college, and Bri learned how to make people look outstanding in beauty school. We managed to see each other as frequently as we could and enjoyed every minute spent together going to college parties, supporting each other’s endeavors, laughing, and loving one another. I knew she was the one, especially after we rekindled the fire after high school, as she made me happy, and gave me the motivation to keep moving forward.

Fast forward to after I graduated college, and Bri was working her tail off, where I sought out medical school. After a long year of uncertainty, and the inevitable stress of adulthood, I was accepted into medical school in West Virginia, and had less than two weeks to accept, and move there. It was at this point I knew it was now or never. I bought a ring, got down on one knee, and asked Bri to spend the rest of her life with me.