Our Beginning

Starting from the top, my now hubby very strategically appeared in my DM’s asking questions about the University of Florida (where I was currently a student) because of my pride for the orange and blue I was ever so eager to answer back. Upon intense stalking of his social media pages, I found myself intrigued but hesitant because he was in the military. Now I have nothing against any soldier, but I know those relationships come with a lot and I was not exactly in a place where I was looking to get involved.

Persistence truly pays off, and this man Facetimed me every single day! There was absolutely no way he was going to let me forget about him. I was dead set on my career and laser focused moving forward. Without warning I began to fall for this person that I never expected. Discovering that we both lived in Florida, and that he would be visiting soon I feared that I would be in trouble. I tend to fall fast but, there was an assurance with him that i’d never experienced before. The first time he came home to visit we were scheduled to spend two days together so that he could visit his family as well but, after night one I just never left! I spent every second of his leave by his side, meeting family, friends, and enjoying this new surprise relationship.

A couple of months into our new and long distance relationship I received a phone call from him asking me, “Hey babe do you like Japanese food?”My heart immediately filled with excitement with the potential of our future. He was being sent overseas, and I wasn't sure what that meant for me or what I really wanted to happen. The second time he came home before he was shipped out, we discussed our futures together and the unexpected bond that we had built in such a short period of time. Now to give you some insight into us as individuals, my husband told his family before basic that he absolutely wouldn't be getting married and didn't want anything like that. I had also been aggressively reassuring my family for years that my greatest fear was marriage. When the topic was brought up I would immediately feel anxiety and avoid it like the plague.

This is why our story is so significant, the day my husband proposed I was crying, shaking, and elated I couldn't wait to marry this man! If I'm being honest he could have asked me day one and I probably would have said yes. Growing up I'm sure you've heard the saying, “You’ll know when it’s the right one.” The validity of that statement to me was as real as a unicorn. I never fully understood that until Seth. There was a lot of judgement surrounding our unexpected relationship, because of the timeline. I am a planner, and professional over-thinker so this timeframe was 100% out of my element. However, we knew without a shadow of a doubt we wanted to begin our lives together and didn't see a valid point in waiting. The day we got engaged we decided to tell our families we had also chosen to get married before he moved overseas. A lot of women plan their extravagant weddings since they were a little girl, and my amazing family planned my magical moment in 9 days! I didn't care if I had any extravagant decorations, or large crowds I was just to ready to marry that man. The moment the music played for me to walk down the aisle to him, I basically ran! I was dragging my parents along racing to get to him. Our beautiful story began, and two days later I had to send my new husband on a plane overseas unsure of when I would see him again.