Eric and I met in College in 2011 at Columbus State University. We actually met on his very first day of classes. I was helping grill coke dogs for all incoming freshman out in the middle of campus. If you don't know what a coke dog is, it's a hotdog marinated in coke. A little gross, I know, but they tasted good especially when you are a poor college student.

I saw him walk up to the tent and fell in love. The End.

Kidding.

It's been a while since then but what I do remember was being completely shocked that when I met Eric he introduced himself to me as Wesley's Younger brother. I was just in awe that Wesley had a younger brother. Wesley and I knew each other and had hung out in group settings with the Baptist Collegiate Ministry's group on campus. But I never heard him speak of a younger brother.

At the time Eric and I were both dating other people , but we did begin our friendship. We mainly hung out in group settings with other people who were apart of the BCM and we somehow had some classes together. In all honestly I have no idea how an Art major and an Exercise Science student ended up with some of the same classes but we did.

Eventually we both ended up single but we remained friends. I took my breakup really hard and became very focused on school and getting out of Columbus. However during that whole time Eric stuck by me as my best friend. We joked with each other saying we were just "Biffles" or "Bffl's". When we weren't in class we were always hanging out either studying, playing tennis or ping pong, doing things at the BCM or just chilling. I eventually even started going to church with him.

About a half a year went by after my breakup, when Eric asked if he could take me out to dinner. Applebee's, to be exact. I don't remember word for word but after dinner I remember he was very nervous in asking me if he could pursue a relationship other than friendship with me. It was honestly really sweet.

That began our relationship in 2013. I was a little worried that our friendship would suffer in the beginning but each day of dating him brought me closer to knowing in my heart that he was the man I wanted to eventually marry. Moving forward we ended up dating the rest of our college career.

Ultimately some bumps along the road were not fixable and we ended up breaking up after 4/5 years of dating.

Then after almost 4 years of growing individually we were reunited together by Church of the Highlands.

I joke in saying that he followed me there but in reality it was a miracle of God how we reunited.

When we broke up there was a lot of hurt and blame. On my end I took the breakup very hard and now I know he did as well. Even though we had broken up on not so great terms I didn't actually give up on him. I have prayer journals filled with prayers for both of us because deep down I knew he was still the guy I wanted to spend forever with.

During the break up my family pushed me to move on, friends pushed me to move on, and even I tried to play the "sarah" and move on by my own terms. However also during that time I learned more about myself than I ever knew. I learned I was stronger that I could imagine, I learned that no man would ever fulfill my heart that only God can, and I learned a lot about humility and sacrifice. For my side of the story, God used that time to grow me as an individual.

BUT GOD... God had other plans and somehow someway brought Eric and I back to each other. Fully free from our past fully free from each others hurts. He surrounded us with people who love on us and support us. We both found our purpose and we owe everything we are to God. It's truly all in His timing!