Tylor and I met in the athletic training room at Del Val when Tylor broke his thumb sophomore year. I volunteered as a student athletic trainer and worked with the football team. Over time, we became best friends and eventually broke Pona's one and only rule- No dating the athletes. The quarterback fell in love with the water girl and as they say, the rest is history!

The look says it all...

I graduated from Del Val and headed off to Rutgers University and Tylor still had a year left of high school. Yup, I robbed the cradle... I'd say he was a pretty great steal!

I went off to college but came home every weekend to watch Ty finish out his senior seasons.

Ty had his drive-thru graduation and was off to Stevenson University in Owings Mills, MD to continue playing football.

The next 4 years looked a lot like this. Thank god for facetime. Distance only made the heart grow stronger!

I spent most of my Saturdays in the fall traveling around to watch Tylor play. We spent plenty of short weekends together but the time never seemed like enough.

We made it! I graduated from Rutgers, and Tylor only had one more year at Stevenson. Long distance was coming to an end..... Hallelujah!

Or so we thought...... I got accepted to Duke for PT school and moved down to North Carolina while Tylor finished out his senior year at Stevenson. Back to long distance! It wasn't always easy but so worth it.

Tylor graduated from Stevenson University! Only two more years to go until both of us are home together.

We spent many holidays traveling back and forth to each other and made the most out of every long weekend we had. This time, we met in the middle in Ocean City, Maryland for Memorial Day weekend with the Dougherty cousins.

What started as birthday photos at Sterlingbrook Farms turned into the biggest surprise—the proposal. It was a beautiful and perfect night spent celebrating with friends and family. The easiest "yes" and the best decision—forever with my Tylor Mason.