Clare Ruble is one of the greatest people you will ever meet. She and I met in 2013 at Furman University where we were both Theatre Arts majors! We lived together for three and a half of the four years at Furman, studied abroad together, worked on Orientation Staff together, and did countless shows with one another! We became a best friend duo very fast. Since undergrad, we've stayed incredibly present in each other's lives and are even living together once again! What an absolute JOY it has been savoring this sweet season of life while living with one of my absolute iconic best friends. I am so grateful that this Gemini queen, enneagram type 3 planner and partier extraordinaire said yes to being my maid of honor!

Summer is an absolute angel of a friend. We've known each other since we were eleven years old and I am so so grateful that she is in my life! We have seen each other through high school graduation, our college graduations and she even flew all the way out to London to be there for my MFA graduation ceremony! Her kindness and dedication will never cease to amaze me and put me in my feels. I am so lucky and blessed to have this dear best friend say yes to standing by my side as I marry the love of my life! Cannot wait to celebrate this incredible moment just as we have celebrated so many others with one another before.

Nichole and I met when we were both in the sixth grade at Southside Christian School. Our lockers were adjacent to each other. We became fast friends due to our mutual love for theatre and cute, scene guys that vlogged on YouTube. We've seen each other through all of our biggest life events. She also made the journey to London to see me graduate with my MFA! I am so insanely lucky to be surrounded by such supportive, hilarious, vivacious, driven and gorgeous women who love me so well! Can't wait to party it up and celebrate with my girl.

Jada is an absolute queen, Nathan's sister, and soon-to-be MY SISTER IN LAW!!! We are both very excited as we have both always wanted a sister. I am so lucky because I have won the absolute freaking LOTTERY with Jada. She is so cool and fun and lovely and has the absolute best taste in music. I cannot wait to celebrate and I am so honored to have her standing by my side on the big day! I am so thrilled to be joining her family, and I am so glad she is joining mine!

Jessica and I have been friends since the seventh grade! Since then we have ben on countless trips with each other's families and have seen each other through braces and first boyfriends. Jess is my soulful, enneagram 4 friend who is always down to go on “let’s get lost on purpose”’drives and blast music together. She is an amazing listener, supporter, and someone you can always come to when you are at your most vulnerable. I am forever grateful for her sweet friendship. Many countless slumber parties, movie nights, adventures and dinner dates later, I am so incredibly glad to have Jessie Mae standing up there with me on my big day!

Nathan and I met at Furman University our freshman year! I immediately liked him because he is the first and only person to ever assume I was older than I actually am (he thought I was a sophomore when I was really just a freshman.) We became fast friends, immediately bonding over our love of Bojangles. We spent tons of time together at Furman and then the summer after graduation, he lived at my home with my parents and that was how it went from friendship to Nathan becoming the closest thing I have ever had to a brother! I am so excited that he said yes to being my bridesman and will party it up and celebrate the happiest day with me!

Alex is one of the funniest people I know with an ethereal singing angel voice. She and I met each other our freshman year at Furman University. She was one door down from me on our freshman hall! We were always good friends, but we got closer post-grad and we have shared so many nights around her piano singing and sharing music with one another, taking road trips together, laughing together, breaking bread together and just dreaming together! Alex is one of the most kind, quietly fierce and capable women I know. Ever the enneagram 1, she helps to keep me on task and on track. I am so grateful that she agreed to stand by me on the best day!

Shea is one of the most iconic, smart and delightful people I have ever met! She and I met in London in grad school and even lived together while I was over on that side of the world. We bonded over SO MANY things, but especially our love for brunch and adventure. After booking a trip to Greece on a Thursday afternoon and getting there the following afternoon, I knew that Shea was a soulmate kind of friend. I am so excited that she will be a part of the happiest day of my life! I cannot wait for all of the cocktails and celebrations to come!

Freshman year of college is where I first laid eyes on this beautiful man. We just clicked right away, from our love of anime, video games, music, movies and basically everything in life. I have nothing but love for this guy and he’s someone I could talk to every day and never get tired of. It was one of those things that just made sense, it truly feels like we have know each other since birth! We have had some pretty crazy times and I am so honored that he will be up there standing next to me as my best man. Thanks Reggie!

I don’t even know where to begin with this when it comes to Steven! My brother, my mentor, my inspiration.. we have literally been together since elementary school and I don’t think I could have asked for a better brother to have in my life. Words can’t even begin to describe the history we have, I hope everyone in the world has a Steven Wheeler in their lives. I am very excited to have him be one of my partners in crime on this big day!

Well, our story started off just like any other friendship. We started out enemies who knew nothing about the other, to accidentally singing a duet from high school musical together and realizing that this was going to be the start of something new! Kyle is a true friend who has always given me the space to be me, no matter what that may look like at that moment, and he always meets me where I am. Whether I need to laugh, bawl my eyes out, geek out over terrible movies or just talk about like he’s always found a way to be there for me!

I may have met this guy later on in life than everyone else, but I couldn’t imagine a life where this guy wasn’t supporting me through all of life's craziness. The best way to sum this up is by saying this: he is the Jordan to my Pippen… or the Pippen to my Jordan depending on what wild schemes we are cooking up! He’s my chuck!

I met this beautiful angel in high school where I was amazed and impressed by his magical prowess. For those who don’t know, Brittain Bass is a master magician and to this day I am convinced he placed me in a trance years ago and that’s why we are best friends today! He is my fellow 2 on the enneagram, my fellow lover of Carolina football. I see this guy every Sunday at 13 Stripes Brewery and he has been such a huge part in helping me become the man that I am today, more than he will ever know. He just gets me and I wouldn’t trade our friendship for the world!

This one is tough because I have technically known Nolan since I was 6 years old! Another guy who has been there through many many different seasons of my life. My fellow lover of college sports, professional sports, Star Wars and anything Marvel. We have been on so many teams together that I consider him my teammate for life, there’s no one else I would rather have next to me on the court, on the field or on my wedding day. Maybe Dwyane Wade, but I think Nolan would say the same thing about me too. It is and will always be an honor to be a part of this guys life.

Carlton the hustle Russel! Have you ever just met someone that you vibe with every word that comes from their mouth? No? Well, that is Carlton for me, he has been in my life since high school and is one the guys I see every Sunday at 13 Stripes! I talk with Carlton about everything from, video games to movies and even what I should be investing my money in. He is one of those guys who just knows a lot about literally everything and I respect his opinion more than anything! I will always be his biggest fan no matter what he is doing in life, I truly hope to be like him one day when I grow up.

Have you ever met someone that annoys the mess out of you? That is Turner for me, he is the worst but also the most wonderful human being I have ever met! I met this guy in college while crushing it on the ultimate frisbee field and it did not take long for us to become best friends off the field too. We are definitely like an old married couple, you may not always be able to tell from the way we talk sometimes, but every word that we speak to each other is nothing but love. Turner is one of those friends that you can just be silly with and you just know he’s going to meet you with the same energy, but also tell you that you are being “so dumb”. I truly have nothing but love for this guy, I am so glad to have him up there with me on one of the biggest and most important days of my life, he is just an overall calming presence.