In September 2021, I noticed a tall handsome newcomer to the Young Adults group at church. Or I thought he was new, turns out he just hadn't been there for a while. I tried to catch his attention by looking pretty across the room and striking up conversations adjacent to him. It didn't work, of course.

In February the following year, my friend Jaslyn came to visit and asked me if there were any cute boys on my radar and to point them out. I indicated to him, but said he probably didn't even know who I was. That very moment, he turned his conversation with someone else to us and asked me my thoughts on pretzels.

A few weeks later, all my friends were away for March Break and I found myself in conversation ALONE with this boy. After that we started texting, nearly everyday, learning everything we could about one another.

My college program was throwing a year end "prom" party. We were talking about it with a group of people, him included, and my friends lamented that everyone but me had a plus one. He bravely offered to step in. We had not established if this was friendly or a date beforehand, me telling my roommate that it probably wasn't, but halfway through the night, we talked and decided it was. After, we went for a walk along the river and got ice cream, and we talked late into the night.

4 years later, Nathan took me back to the pier we had stopped on, and proposed.

The 4 years in between those walks along the river have been a whirlwind, navigating long distance dating, career changes, wins and losses, but it has all been done together.

C&N

Wedding Day

11:00 AM

Ceremony