As all great love stories begin, Hannah and Ryan met on the dating apps. They matched not once, but three different times on two separate apps before going on their first date. The guilty party responsible for the delay in timing continues to be a topic of discussion to this day. However, Hannah and Ryan have since learned that their paths had crossed multiple times prior to their first date in March 2022, but believe it’s a testament to God’s timing always being perfect.

Ryan grew up in Lubbock, Texas. Hannah lived there briefly (among other places) as a child, but claims Brownwood, Texas as home. On their first date, they learned that Hannah’s home during the few years her family lived in Lubbock was only a block away from the friend’s house where Ryan spent most of his summers. It was discovered that they had even spent lots of time at the same neighborhood pool. (!!)

It was following the first date when Hannah was answering some (several) questions from her parents about her date with Ryan that she learned they had been at the same high school baseball game ten years earlier. Ryan played baseball for Cooper High School, and as Hannah shared those details with her father he inquired if Ryan had played in the game in Abilene, Texas against Brownwood and Hannah’s brother. Hannah’s dad proceeded to impressively recall other details about that game in 2011 (some involving Ryan specifically), and the fact that Hannah had also been in attendance.

Finally, Hannah and Ryan learned that they had both been at Abilene Christian University at the same time. Hannah graduated from ACU and Ryan spent his freshman year there. Though they checked their transcripts and confirmed that they didn’t have any classes together that year, Hannah chooses to believe that surely they must have sat near each other one day in chapel.

Thankfully, Hannah and Ryan finally got it right in March 2022 and haven’t spent many days apart since then.

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