So, we met initially for a brief second when I (Daniel) was a Full-Time Missionary and Chloe came to Hidden Lake for a retreat. I was serving food to retreatants and this amazing woman walked up and I asked do you want fries? and a beautiful voice replied yes. Now I wish this was how we truly met, but sadly, I dont count 5 words as meeting someone.


OFFICIALLY, Chloe and I met in 2020 during an overnight retreat at UGA through our mutual friends Pippo and Molly (one of the best men and matron of honor). We talked frequently in a delirious haze of exhaustion caused by a lack of sleep, and we began to form the beginnings of a friendship. As we both frequently visited Athens to visit friends and family, we saw each other more and more, and we talked when we could.


Flash forward to the year 2021 (because we were pretty much only friends during the majority of 2020 and 2021), Chloe and I found ourselves at a Friendsgiving hosted by Luke (one of the best men) and his now wife Sarah. After board games and fun topics of conversation, I found out from Chloe that she was single, and I began to have a huge crush on Chloe.


After texting back and forth all day, every day, Chloe and I had a 3 hour long conversation about how we were starting to like each other and were starting to discover who the other was in a deeper way. I thought that talking to Chloe was as easy as breathing. Chloe loved laughing with me and neither of us wanted to get off of the phone.


Mustering up all the courage I had, I finally asked Chloe if she wanted to grab lunch on December 31st, 2021. That day was our first date. We got lunch at Taqueria Tsunami where our fortune cookies said a new relationship is about to blossom, you will be blessed and a pleasant surprise is in store for you soon, so looking at that, we both laughed.


After an eventful New Years lake trip with friends, Chloe friendzoned me for the first time (for good reason), but this would not deter my feelings. Chloe realized that she wasnt fully ready to start a relationship and she let me down in a very kind way. I, not wanting to pressure her, began to bide my time.


Another flash forward to the summer of 2022, when I was living at home and Chloe was working at St Brigid Catholic Church, with our good friend Marissa, which just so happened to be 3 minutes from my home. Chloe was a rock star. She was planning and leading camps, designing games, corralling teens, and I was just there helping. As Chloe worked and toiled, I was tossing teenagers toward a trashcan and shooting them with water guns. While working the summer camps, I realized that the feelings that I had toward Chloe were growing again, almost to new heights. Chloes feeling for me blossomed again when we went hiking with our friends Lucy and Christina. While hiking, we laughed and bonded, and we witnessed a beautiful sunset (which we both love, and tell each other to run out and see, nearly every day).


As we both started to like the other, our time spent with each other shot up. Each day we talked either on the phone or over text for hours at a time, and we continued to see each other at church. We also went on several 3 hour long walks trying to figure out if we should start dating or not. Each conversation ended with a we should pray about this more. After one of these walk, I asked Chloe out on a date, date number 2.


I totally messed up date number 2. I was anxious about so much that summer, and for some reason, I decided that I was going to talk myself out of my feelings toward Chloe. So, we went on our second date, and Chloe was adorable. She was super flirty, was having fun, she was laughing, while I was a brick wall trying to treat her like a friend.


After telling her that we should be friends (I am dumb, I know), we both went our separate ways. That was until all of my stress was deleted in an afternoon and every stupid decision flashed before my eyes and I realized that I may have ruined my chances with the greatest and coolest woman ever. Chloe was rightfully mad at me and after giving her permission, she punched my arm.


Now, 2 weeks later, and 2 three hour long conversation later, I expressed my regret to Chloe and told her that my anxiety would never ruin our relationship. Chloe thankfully still had feelings for me, and so after a final long conversation on a park bench in Dahlonega, Chloe and I began dating.


Chloe and I have had so many fun dates. We have cheered on the Dawgs together, broken into an abandoned mental asylum, eaten at way too many mexican restaurants, gone to so many weddings, and spent countless hours doing what we love, talking to each other.


After over a year of dating, and so many adventures together, I decided that it was finally time. I needed to have Chloe in my life for the rest of my life. On November 10th, 2023, I invited Chloe on a roller blading date where we walked along beautiful fields, ponds, and rivers. As we walked with roller blades in hand, we approached a gorgeous covered bridge where I had left a small flower with a note saying please do not move, I am proposing soon, thank you. With a pounding heart, I asked the easiest question I have ever asked, and with tears and love in her eyes, Chloe said yes.


Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. Having you understand our story is incredibly important to Chloe and I and we wanted you to hear it from us, and from our voice. We are so excited to share our wedding day with you and to celebrate our marriage, and we cannot wait to add you into our story as we begin our life together.


Please pray for us as we prepare for this beautiful sacrament.