And they continued dating long-distance through the spring. They both graduated with their bachelors. Josh was off to find a job and Danielle began teaching summer school as part of her master's program. Long distance wasn't ideal, but they made it work with weekend trips and many phone calls exchanged.

Fall came around and Danielle came home to STL for student teaching and both were excited to finally be in the same city for an extended amount of time. Unfortunately, it was only temporary as Danielle had to return to Truman for her last semester of grad school.

March came around and the world fell apart... Thanks COVID. Danielle moved home and although things were looking dreary, they were back in STL together. Months passed, Danielle graduated and began looking for jobs and found one. As the weeks passed, Danielle began dropping hints (Lets be real, Danielle was dropping hints since LAST Thanksgiving). It was previously discussed that they planned to get engaged sometime in the fall, but when? No one knew.

Josh searched and searched for the perfect ring and began planning. He was just stubborn enough to not get the ring she picked out (What fun is that?). He made plans and as expected, Danielle ruined them. She threw a wrench in the plan by inviting him on a last-minute trip to visit her grandparents. Yet, he was still able to make it work. He enlisted the help of one of her best friends and threw a plan together.

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