Every year Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA), an organization within Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTC), holds a picnic in August for new medical students to come and connect with older medical students and faculty. I was fortunate enough to be at the 2018 picnic where I got to meet Quinn.

Quinn and I just started out as acquaintances. I was starting my third year of medical school, marked by rotation within the hospital, and Quinn was trying to figure out how to best manage all the craziness of medical school. So really, we only saw each other once a week at the weekly CMDA bible study.

Okay... now the story gets better...

**Fast forward 7 months to late February/early March**

During one of the last Fridays of February, all of the medical students are required to go to a research event at VTC. Food is provided, so naturally all the medical students congregate by the food given our impressively depressing financial situation. I saw Quinn lining up by the hors d'oeuvres so I walked over and started talking to her. We had an awesome, and surprisingly deep conversation about life, family and faith.

The next day, Quinn was flying out to Florida to visit a friend and I was looking for a reason to keep talking to her while she was traveling. So I started texting her about "The Enneagram" (a model of the human psyche used to type personalities into 9 groups), which is something she really likes. We talked about The Enneagram over the next week or so ( I really squeezed The Enneagram for everything it had so we could keep talking).

When Quinn got back to Roanoke, I kept trying to come up with ways for us to hangout and see each other (I was still rotating through the hospital and didn't have much social time). Some of my strategies included having her take my blood pressure and studying in the library next to her.

After about a month of weak attempts to hang out (now mid to late March), I got her to come over to my house to help me prepare a dinner for my neighbors who were coming over that night. We ran to the store to get groceries and then came back to my house to start cooking

.**We're standing in the kitchen when it happens**

Quinn looks at me and says, "What are you doing? What are your intentions with me?"

This is a defining moment in our story... I had never experience such a power move like that before... I mean think about it... This was the beginning of the night and she was stuck at my house (I drove). She didn't know what I was going to say. I was so impressed by her boldness.

I told her that I liked her and was interested in dating her, but not at that moment. That I still needed some time and she concurred. I knew, however, right when she asked me that question, that I was going to do everything in my power to date her (or at least that's what I told her).

What I told her wasn't true though... My real thought in that moment was that I was going to do everything in my power to marry her. I knew before we even started officially dating that I wanted to marry her.

On April 13th, two weeks later, we started dating.

Quinn is such a beautiful woman for so many reasons, but I'll list only 3 (although I could be here writing all day...)

First and foremost, she absolutely loves Jesus Christ which is so amazing. She recognizes that she cannot save herself through her intellect or abilities. That she is fundamentally flawed, but Jesus, who died for her, isn't and for that reasons has trusted Him to save her.

Secondly, she is so talented. She is very smart, curious and has a high E.Q. which allows her to navigate social situations quite well.

Thirdly, she is beautiful inside and out. It's rare to find someone who has such a strong moral fortitude and character, and who is also so pretty.

I'm so excited for you all to join us on our wedding day as we celebrate and look forward to what comes next.

Registry