Some will say the beginning of our love story started in the Brandon Regional emergency room however, that's not quite true.....

I graduated from nursing school in 2019 and began my residency program with Brandon Regional Hospital as a Registered Nurse. Their program required you to train outside of the hospital and obtain necessary certifications for 8 weeks and then train in the emergency room for an additional 8 weeks. I was fortunate enough to be trained by one of my best guy friends, Elijah Wilson. There was one night that we met up for drinks to talk about what it would be like to start working on the floor. At this particular time, I was single and I have no shame that I asked Elijah if there were any good looking, single men working in the emergency department at that time. Go ahead and laugh, but it ended up working out in the end. Elijah had said there was only one guy in the department who was single AND good-looking that he would recommend and guess who that ended up being? Enter Dalton Clark. Elijah ended up pulling up a picture of Dalton where I did admit that Dalton was a handsome guy and Elijah also agreed but he'll tell you that it's because he wanted to be Dalton's best friend.

Fast forward to a few weeks later, where I was finally working in the department, still being trained by Elijah, but getting to work alongside all of my amazing peers who would become lifelong friends. By this point, I still hadn't crossed paths with Dalton because we were 11 am- 11 pm and Dalton was working night shift at this time. However, there was one day where Elijah and I were sitting at our computers charting and joking around with each other when Dalton was walking past us and we caught his attention with our conversation. I thought maybe this was the perfect moment to strike up a conversation with just Dalton and I could get to know him better but nope. Dalton continued on his way to his patients and it would be a few more shifts before I ran into him again.

Now, this is the story that I tend to tell when people ask me about Dalton and I meeting because this was the night that really changed things. I was floating in the emergency department which means I help other nurses with patients if they need it. Dalton had a patient come to one of his rooms that needed numerous things done so I thought this would be a great time to help him and maybe try to talk to him. All of our friends know how I am at work which is personable, talkative and I like to joke around.

Wedding Day

5:00 PM–5:30 PM

5:00 PM–5:30 PM

Ceremony

5:30 PM–6:30 PM

5:30 PM–6:30 PM

Cocktail Hour

6:30 PM–11:00 PM

6:30 PM–11:00 PM

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