Dawson and Cam’s story started in the halls of Essex High School, even if they did not know it yet. While walking the same halls, their conversations and interactions could be counted on one hand. Both knew that the other existed, but that was the extent of their relationship.

When COVID struck in 2020 Cam was sent home for remote schooling and quarantine from the United States Naval Academy while Dawson was also locked down in Vermont attending the University of Vermont. Both, attempting to stay active and escape the day to day life at home, ran into each other at the local Planet Fitness. A phone number exchange and small conversation later, they thought nothing of the interaction.

Later during their stay at home they ran into each other at a mutual friend's New Years Eve party, and hit it off immediately. Knowing they only had a short period of time in the same state they made the most of it, spending as much time together as they could.

Throughout the first year together, there were only a handful of weekends and small trips they spent together due to Cam having to return to the Academy early in the summer months and being quarantined on campus until the following December.

Dawson and Cam continued to date long distance for two and a half years until they purchased their first home in Pensacola, Florida. They lived there together for a year and a half while Dawson got her first full time job in the Pensacola education system and Cam pursued his career of becoming a Marine Corps Pilot.

Then in June of 2024, Dawson and Cam relocated to North Carolina with their new family member, Diesel, a one year old Boston Terrier Puppy. While home with their families for the Christmas holidays, on December 27th, Cam proposed to Dawson at the Stowe Ice rink — the location of their first official date just 4 years earlier.

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