Lynzy's:

I first met Tim at my best friends 4th of July party, that our mutual friend, Liz, invited Tim to. A day or two before the party Liz mentioned this “Tim boy” who she thought I might really hit it off with. Tim walked into Liz’s house that morning and I felt instant butterflies. I thought Tim was so incredibly handsome and had a beautiful smile. When we got to the party, I got the courage to ask him to play a game with me. Our competitiveness came out pretty quickly, but it was also very apparent how much fun we had together. After that day we continued to communicate and spend time together. For our first two years of dating we conquered long distance from Utica to Brockport NY, Arizona to Las Vegas, and Monroe CT to Las Vegas. In March 2023, I broke my humerus during a skiing accident on Spring Break in Alaska. Tim was my absolute saving grace throughout the entire experience. Almost 3,000 miles away from my family, Tim showed me what “in sickness and health” truly meant and what that looked like. That was the moment I knew I didn’t want to live a day without him by my side. Since then we have continued to explore the world together and deepen our relationship each and every day.

Tim's:

The first time I met Lynzy was at a 4th of July party that I got a last-minute invite to. Little did I know, it would turn out to be the most important day of my life. As I sat at the party talking to one of two people I knew, I could not help but notice her perfect smile and goofy attitude. As soon as she invited me to be on her team for her favorite game, I knew I would be ditching my roommate to spend the day with her.

As our perfect day/night concluded and we went on our separate ways, I did not think too much of it; I hadn't even gotten her number. What happened next would change my life with her even more. That day in the car ride back, I had my first seizure where I would later find out I have epilepsy. As I left the hospital around 6 hours later, I noticed that I had a message from her on Instagram. To my surprise, it was tougher than I previously realized to explain how "sorry I just got out of the hospital after a seizure" was not me trying to ignore her. As we continued to talk from there, I had no expectations of it going anywhere, especially with us being at college 3 hours away in the middle of COVID.

However, that is when I noticed that she is the most caring person I have ever met. People always say that relationships are not 50/50. When I was told I could not drive on highways for 6 months, she spent almost every weekend driving to visit me. Putting in 90% of the work when I could only give 10%, for a person that she had just met. As we continued to talk, I found myself ignoring my plan of not wanting to do a long-distance relationship and rather, was driving 5 hours through backroads to see her, thinking about her the entire time. Little did we know at the time, we would come to cherish our weekends and countless nights falling asleep on Facetime from opposite sides of the country.

With how much things have changed and after 4 cross country moves in the last 3 years, a consistent house was not something that I was used to. This last year we were able to finally end the distance aspect of our relationship. What I learned then, is that even though we did not have a house, we did have a home together.

As we finally move back to the east coast and start the next chapter of our lives together, I know she will continue to be my home regardless of what life throws at us.

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Wyndham Southbury