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2024 was the start of our story. Two hopeful strangers looking for love found themselves on the dating app, Upward. After matching on May 6th, the conversations, laughter, and joy never ended, despite the 3-hour distance between us. A few weeks later, we decided to meet on June 1st. The day felt like a dream while eating at a local Mexican restaurant, Mercado’s, playing games at the game café, walking around Five Below, and ending with the movie, The Fall Guy, at the theater. We both knew we had found something special and as time passed, our relationship grew stronger.&nbsp;July 4th weekend was a magical time for us. Thomas came up to Rachel’s family for the weekend. There was a family barbeque, looking at family pictures, a firework show, and a date to Film Alley to play arcade games and watch Inside Out 2. As the weekend drew to a close, we were dreading the moment we would have to say goodbye. On Sunday morning, we went to church together and soon after, as we were saying goodbye, we said those three special words, “I love you” underneath our tree.&nbsp;We continued talking and facetiming every chance we had, even across international waters. We talked about anything and everything, from our favorite colors to our hopes and dreams for the future. The distance between us was difficult, but our love grew stronger.&nbsp;Once the distance became too much, Thomas knew it was time to close the gap between us. He began looking for a job in Tyler and planning his next steps. On the day we planned to meet again, he secretly met with Rachel’s parents to ask for their blessing to marry her. Despite being told to, “get out” and brandishing a gun, they welcomed him into the family.&nbsp;Two weeks later, on August 30th, we met again. Thomas took Rachel back to the tree where we said “I love you” for the first time. This time, instead of professing our love, he got one knee and proposed. We are so excited to celebrate our love with you at our wedding on May 2, 2025.

Rachel & Thomas

Rachel & Thomas

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