Jake as I have been best friends since 6th grade- if you would have told us when we first met we would end up falling in love, I don't think either of us would have believed you.

Before we got together in 10th grade, we experienced a lot as best friends. Little did I know those experiences would lead us to a lifelong love story. Our story shifted into a love story over the Christmas season in 2015. We went to go see the Botanical Christmas lights with a group of friends, it was a cold but peaceful night. On the car ride home, my hands were cold so Jake offered to warm them up in his fuzzy hat- before I knew it we were holding hands for the first time and something shifted within our friendship.

At the time, I lived in Arizona and was only visiting friends during Christmas break. When I flew back after a week of us not realizing we were falling in love, our relationship was never the same. We went from occasionally checking up on one another, to talking every day. A fast 6 months flew by and I moved back to Wichita.

We were two 16 year olds trying to figure out who we were as individuals, and also what it meant for us now that we were together again. Our relationship has not always been easy, especially in the beginning. But through all our struggles, we were always able to make it out together, stronger than before.

After 7 years of growth, loss, life transitions, and learning how to fight for each other, Jake proposed to me in the same spot our relationship blossomed- Wichita Botanical Garden.

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