Because we both grew up in El Campo and are the same age, we've known each other since we were very young. As you can see from the picture above, we were even in the same Kindergarten class together! Throughout middle school and high school, we became friends, but our relationship didn't kindle until our first year of college.

Deaderick moved to Kingsville to attend school and play football at Texas A&M - Kingsville, and I moved to College Station to attend school at Texas A&M. Although we were about five hours apart at the beginning of our relationship, after the first semester, we knew we wanted to continue making things work. We spent many evenings and nights on the phone or on Facetime during that first semester, learning as much about each other as we could. (On a few occasions, we got carried away in conversation and stayed on the phone a little too late, and I remember waking up at 5:00 a.m. the next morning to make sure Deaderick didn't sleep through his alarm for football workouts!)

We were able to spend time together during the holidays when we were both home from school, which reassured us of the feelings we had.

Deaderick played football for a few more semesters, but ultimately, he decided to focus on his education. He transferred to the University of Houston to finish his degree. That also meant that we were three and a half hours closer to each other and got to see each other much more often! Then, half-way through the spring semester of our junior year, COVID happened, and all of our classes moved online. We both moved back home to El Campo, which meant that we were living in the same town for the first time since we began dating. Although we were living in abnormal conditions due to COVID, it was the closest we had experienced to a normal, non-long-distance relationship. After that time, I think we both knew that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives with together.

Fast-forward a couple of years, and on February 10, 2022, Deaderick proposed to me, and here we are! We are so excited to get married and spend the rest of our lives loving each other!

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