Tim and I meet in February 2017 in Big Rapids, MI. He had just opened his first Dominos and I was going to Ferris state, looking for a job while in school. Our story was not love at first sight, but I did notice him immediately when I met him. It was like he had some magnetic pull to him. Throughout our first year working together we had a normal and great working relationship. He taught me all there was to know about the business and I also learned along the way little things like that he loved documentaries and EDM music (which would end up being some of our favorite music to listen to together). I stayed with him through his working career and then our personal side of things started to change. After a year of working side by side we discovered we wanted another sort of relationship as well. We moved to Grand Rapids to open a new store that I was in charge of and we decided to take our relationship public, and we also decided to get a dog together; our cute little Zoey b.

Like every couple out there our relationship wasn't without problems. Working together was not always easy, we talked about work constantly. Tim and I always connected on our dedication and commitment we put into our work..... but it was those traits that also took us away from each . Then, as if 2020 wasn't already hard enough in the middle of a pandemic my whole world changed. I decided to fight a battle that I had been shoving down my whole life. I decided to go to court for a sexual assault that happened to me as a child. This trauma brought things out of myself and us that was devastating at times. While Tim was amazing and patient and understanding, I on the other hand had a lot to work on and learn from. So we took a break. Even so, he was always there for me. Even if I couldn't return the sentiment his love and care for me never wavered. He even ended up being a character witness in my case for me. I wasn't working for him anymore but we still stayed in touch. Until one day he asked me to come back and help, and I did. Once working together again we rekindled our relationship and decided to try again; this time we went up north. Work was starting to become busy with Tim opening two stores in the same year and he trusted me to help him run even more of the company having my hand in every store. We started looking at rings; it seemed like everything was falling into place.....but something felt off for me. So in the November of 2023 I broke it off and moved back home to Detroit.

In December of 2023 Tim and I decided to meet up and talk about everything. Upon meeting he shared with me all that he had learned about himself and expressed his concern for me at this time in my life. His vulnerability helped me realize that I needed to start my journey back with therapy and learning from all the mistakes I had made in the last couple of years. Tim again never wavered in his unconditional love for me even when I was finding it hard to love myself. We got back together and this time it was different. On June 6th 2024 I proposed. It was at a karaoke bar; I sang and choreographed a dance, he had no idea. He said yes and ending up proposing to me with a ring of my own a week later on a beach in Florida. While we did not have an easy or perfect story we have learned so much about ourselves in the process. We have asked each other all of the hard questions and we have faced scrutiny and doubt at times from just about everyone in our lives. We are not perfect, but one thing is for certain, our love has transcended all of the flaws. I can't wait to take this mans last name.