Deepak Chopra once said, love is the beginning of the journey, its end, and the journey itself. Every love story starts with a great beginning, and Raven and Gabrielle's journey began as a friendship always meant to blossom into so much more. Love, at first sight, is a beautiful love story. It is romantic, exciting, and what most fairytales have in common. However, that is not how Raven and Gabrielle's journey began.

Raven Ryder and Gabrielle Embry have known each other for seven years. Their friendship started long before their relationship did. They met in 2014 at their First Command in the Navy. Life in the Navy consists of various deployments and constantly rotating from shore duty to sea duty. These constant moves and transfers take you all around the world but can make it difficult to sustain friendships and relationships. Raven and Gabrielle's friendship suffered and died out because of the constant transitioning, but in 2018 luck found its way into their situation. Raven and Gabrielle found themselves stationed together again in sunny Florida. They immediately rekindled their friendship and picked right back up where they left off. It was as though time stood still. Over the next two years, their friendship blossomed into a relationship, and then their relationship turned into love. Raven and Gabrielle realized that when your best friend turns out to be someone with whom you are ready to spend your entire life, you have found the ultimate treasure. On May 23, 2020, Raven and Gabrielle took the next step in their journey and became engaged.

Raven and Gabrielle know that life is a journey filled with lessons, hardships, heartaches, joys, celebrations, and memorable moments. Despite deployments, underways, and a global pandemic, Raven and Gabrielle know that there is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. Their love for one another remains strong and steadfast. Raven and Gabrielle are anxiously awaiting Saturday, October 23, 2021, so that they can finally get married and spend the rest of their lives together.

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