Madison & Nathan
Madison & Nathan
Our Story
First & Last Love
They met when Madison was 17 and Nathan was 18, at a weekend in Columbus, Georgia for high school students in theatre.
On the day they met, Nathan spent a whole workshop working up the courage to tell Madison he thought she was pretty. He told her at the very end of class.
Less than an hour later, they walked into a play at the same time. Nathan asked Madison if she would sit with him (she said yes).
After the play, he asked her on their first date. They went to a coffee shop together that same day! Madison knew he was interested in dating her, so she asked him about everything from his relationship with God to his relationship with his family.
Nathan didn't realize it at the time, but he fell in love for the first time during that first deep conversation.
Madison could tell.
The next day, he asked her to go to an art museum with him a month from then.
Not able to wait that long to see each other, they went on a date to dinner two weeks after. This was the night that Nathan caught on as to how deeply he felt.
They became an official couple at that art museum date. Nathan is Madison's first love, kiss, and significant other.
He was also her prom date!
By the wedding, they will be together for 7 years total. They dated for six years before Nathan got down on one knee. In that time, they graduated from high school, attended different colleges, and moved to Virginia for graduate school and for work, respectively. Before moving to Virginia, they always lived 1.5 hours away from each other.
Sweetly, they didn't plan to move to the same place; God surprised them with that development! Madison was fully prepared for Nathan to live in Oregon or somewhere super far away. Now, with him living just an hour apart, it is the closest they've ever lived.
Their love has grown over time. They got engaged in one of their favorite places in Virginia, an arboretum that they also took their engagement photos in a month later.
Madison's engagement ring, courtesy of her grandmother Diane, is in the shape of a daffodil. They learned daffodils bloom in March-- the month they became a couple and the month they are getting married in.
Madison and Nathan feel so blessed and excited to enter into this new adventure of being married to each other. They look forward to spending the rest of their lives discovering new depths in their affection for each other, as they give love to others and grow in their love for God.
